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What search engines do you use? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Fisch@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/4448974

I've recently started using a self hosted SearXNG instance but I'm still using the search engines enabled by default (google, duckduckgo and qwant). What search engines do you have enabled or which ones do you feel you've gotten the best results with?

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[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

DuckDuckGo, I'll switch to SearXNG as soon as it comes to Windows

[–] macgyver@federation.red 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://coalition.blue :), hosted by your bud lol

[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does a public instance ID or log users? I never even considered it because it seems risky, like I'm asking for backdoor access to my network

[–] macgyver@federation.red 1 points 1 year ago

It does forward your real IP to the search engines so that google doesn’t flake out on me. But otherwise I am not logging anything haha

[–] TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

There are public instances you can use, or if you want it locally hosted, there is wsl2. (Alternatively, join the dark side and install linux!)