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

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I was using DuckDuckGo for some time, but heard that there are better alternatives. I'm confused, because DDG is used by default in TOR browser, and other privacy respecting browsers (ex. Librewolf). Can you guys recommend any other search engine, and tell me why u recommend it?

Or, is DDG enough?

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[–] Vexz@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

the issue with SearX is the search results can be irrelevent or something random.

Haha, oh, right! I just remembered that often times when I searched something completely harmless some weird porn sites would appear in the results which had clearly absolutely nothing to do with the things I've been searching for. It's one of the reasons why I stopped using SearX(NG).

[–] 0x520@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

I modified my searxNG to basically look through the results for anything on a ban list and exclude those items. But out of the box its just pulling stuff from a bunch of unreliable sources. I think you have to do a lot of tuning by using their built in tools to add sites you want to index and get rid of stuff you don't. The cool thing is that you can fine tune it though.

[–] Engywuck@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You have to set SafeSearch at least to "moderate" to stop NSFW stuff appearing in your search. SearXNG only proxies what other engines feed to it.

[–] lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee -2 points 1 year ago

Are you being serious? You're not mocking what I was saying?

I really want to like Searx but it's not helpful.