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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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if you looking for a good alternative for google search, try "SearXNG" (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by ColdWater@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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actually awesome and fast search engine (depending on which instance you use) with no trashy AI and ADs results also great for privacy, if you don't know which instance to use go to https://searx.space/ and choose an instance closest to you

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[–] Anon518@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I checked it out, but most of the public instances I looked at use google + bing. I think I only came across one that used Mojeek, but they deranked it so google results were still at the top.

Yeah you can customize them -- if you never clear your cookies.

Pretty much need to self-host it to customize it.

[–] helpmyusernamewontfi@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

if you never clear your cookies.

They allow you to use a link instead for saving settings, which can also be used to set as your default search engine

[–] Anon518@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not seeing that option anywhere. Nor does it allow me to change the "weight". I found a github discussion saying it should show up after you save the settings, but I tried that on two instances and didn't get any unique URL.

Ah, I found it under the "cookies" tab. Needs to be more obvious IMO.