• capital@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Open a search app to the public? So their searches come from my IP address? No fucking way, unless I’m missing something.

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      10 months ago

      I’m still trying to understand searxng, does it start with nothing and build up its index each time you search? Will your results be rubbish for a while?

      • LWD@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        It’s basically a proxy for Google and other engines, think of it as a VPN for your searches.

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          10 months ago

          I see that makes sense. So what does making it public/blending traffic do?

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      10 months ago

      My host-fu is weak and the uptime is terrivle right now… Trying to figure out why the container just crashed randomly