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minus-square@alansuspect@aussie.zonelinkfedilink3•7 months agoI’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?
minus-square@Kuvwert@lemm.eelinkfedilink5•7 months agoIt just culminates results from a bunch of other engines
minus-square@LWD@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•7 months agoIt’s basically a proxy for Google and other engines, think of it as a VPN for your searches.
minus-square@alansuspect@aussie.zonelinkfedilink1•7 months agoI see that makes sense. So what does making it public/blending traffic do?
minus-square@Kuvwert@lemm.eelinkfedilink5•7 months agoMakes it harder to fingerprint/differentiate traffic
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?
It just culminates results from a bunch of other engines
It’s basically a proxy for Google and other engines, think of it as a VPN for your searches.
I see that makes sense. So what does making it public/blending traffic do?
Makes it harder to fingerprint/differentiate traffic