• capital@lemmy.world
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      8 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.

    • alansuspect
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      8 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?

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

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      8 months ago

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