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Thoughts on Kagi? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by wavydotdot@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I've been using this search engine and I have to say I'm absolutely in love with it.

Search results are great, Google level even. Can't tell you how happy I am after trying multiple privacy oriented engines and always feeling underwhelmed with them.

Have you tried it? What are your thoughts on it?

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[-] Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

... Okay, I just tried Stract, and its results are... Mostly not helpful.

My understanding is that Kagi makes an effort to tell you how they anonymize your search so they can't tie it back to your account afterwards, whereas Searx is more dependent solely on the goodwill of whoever is hosting the instance. Both are good faith dependent in the end, but one has a profit motive for keeping that faith.

Edit: I hope Stract gets there and takes off one day, but today doesn't seem to be that day for me.

[-] sudneo@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

The privacy policy is also a legally binding document, not just a promise that the company does. If they are found violating it, the GDPR fines are going to hurt and they would lose the customer base in a blink. Their privacy policy right now is exemplary, I am one of those who read policies before using a product and kagi's is literally the best I have seen: clear, detailed, specific and most importantly, good from the privacy perspective.

this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2024
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