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Is Qwant still good privacy wise?
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I've been trying out Searx search lately and preferred it over Qwant. From some quick research, I found that Qwant does not track your search history or create personal profiles based on your searches. Seems like good news meaning users can expect a certain level of anonymity while searching online.
However, and this is why I avoid it, it’s worth noting that Qwant does share some data with Microsoft, particularly regarding ads and search results. This includes sharing your IP address and browser details for fraud detection purposes. Personally, sharing IP information with Microsoft isn’t something I’d want in a search engine, as it raises concerns about how much user data is still being shared despite their claims of anonymization.
SearX is great. I self host the docker container for it and I love all the granularity in setting which engine to use for what type of search. I also use Kagi, but that's because I support what they're doing more than anything.
I wanna try Searx too, I'll document myself a bit more about it.
Does DuckDuckGo do this as well or is that a better option, privacy-wise?
EDIT: answer is here: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/search-engines/#recommended-providers
If you need to hide IP, you just use a VPN. Duh!
And Qwant is not listed on privacyguides?