#search

thanatosincarnate@pod.geraspora.de

Do not use Kagi

Always funny how the bourgeoisie will laugh at acceptable free software alternatives, only to then pick paid alternatives to invasive corporate software that have the same quality or, in this case--with the search engine Kagi--are worse. And maybe equally as privacy invading as the corporate crap:

"Between the absolute blase attitude towards privacy, the 100% dedication to AI being the future of search, and the completely misguided use of the company’s limited funds, I honestly can’t see Kagi as something I could ever recommend to people. Is the search good? I mean…it’s not really much better than any other search, it heavily leverages Bing like DDG and the other indie search platforms do, the only real killer feature it has to me is the ability to block domains from your results, which I can currently only do in other search engines via a user script that doesn’t help me on mobile. But what good is filtering out all of the AI generated spamblogs on a search platform that wants to spit more AI generated bullshit at me directly?"

https://www.osnews.com/story/139270/do-not-use-kagi/

#kagi #proprietary #search #engine #ai #privacy #dystopia

magdoz@diaspora.psyco.fr

Protéger sa navigation sous #Firefox

https://www.djan-gicquel.fr/proteger-sa-navigation-sous-firefox
Voir notamment en bas de page les pdf pour configurer #uBlockOrigin : Documents joints
(sa page est remise à jour régulièrement)

Vous cherchez des infos fiables, sur comment protéger votre #navigation #Internet ?
N'écoutez pas n'importe qui, qui veut vous vendre une #éthique, vous "aider" à vous protéger de #YT en vous envoyant vers des liens URL truffés de #traqueurs #Google... oui, c'est #comique...

Allez vers un expert, càd un #informaticien éthique.
Moi ? Non, je ne suis pas informaticien.
Mais lui oui :
Blog de Djan GICQUEL
Informagicien, crypto-convaincu, adorateur des internets 2.0, des chats et des #logiciels
https://www.djan-gicquel.fr/

#Logiciel #Tutoriel #Tuto #Privacy #ViePrivée #GAFAM #Youtube #Amazon #Cloudfare #uBlockO #uBlock #Search #Brave #Écosia #Lilo #Startpage #Qwant

thanatosincarnate@pod.geraspora.de

Firefox ESR (vanilla Debian package) removed custom search engine

"This is the first time this happened on the vanilla Debian Firefox package: Firefox just informed me that it has changed my default search engine. When clicking on "Learn more", a website informs me that:"

"From time to time, Mozilla may update the list of search engines that are available in Firefox or set as default in specific regions. If your default search engine is changed, you'll receive a notification in Firefox so you can further customize your default search settings."

https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=158226

#firefox #esr #debian #google #search #engine

librejoker@nerdica.net

SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine

#SearXNG is a free #internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 #search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, SearXNG can be used over #Tor for online #anonymity.

web: https://docs.searxng.org
github: https://github.com/searxng/searxng

#opensource #freedom #privacy #software #www
Welcome to SearXNG — SearXNG Documentation (2023.12.31+3535377c9)

gunnar@diasp.org

LibRedirect

A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and other websites to their alternative privacy friendly frontends.

Great project names to find: Urban Dictionary → Rural Dictionary

YouTube → Invidious, Piped, Piped-Material, PokeTube, CloudTube, Tubo, FreeTube, Yattee, FreeTube PWA
YouTube Music → Beatbump, Hyperpipe
Twitter → Nitter
Bluesky → skyview
Reddit → Libreddit, Teddit
Tumblr → Priviblur
Twitch → SafeTwitch, Twineo
TikTok → ProxiTok
Instagram → Proxigram
IMDb → LibreMDb
Bilibili → MikuInvidious
Pixiv → PixivFE
Fandom → BreezeWiki
Imgur → Rimgo
Pinterest → Binternet
Soundcloud → Tubo
Bandcamp → Tent
Tekstowo → TekstoLibre
Genius → Dumb
Medium → Scribe, LibMedium
Quora → Quetre
Github → Gothub
Gitlab → Laboratory
Stack Overflow → AnonymousOverflow
Reuters → Neuters
Snopes → Suds
Urban Dictionary → Rural Dictionary
Goodreads → BiblioReads
Wolfram Alpha → WolfreeAlpha
Instructables → Indestructables, Destructables
Wikipedia → Wikiless
Wayback Machine → Wayback Classic
Search → SearXNG, SearX, Whoogle, LibreX, 4get
Translate → SimplyTranslate, Mozhi, LibreTranslate
Google Maps → OpenStreetMap
Meet → Jitsi
Send Files → Send
Paste Text → PrivateBin

#libredirect #youtube #invidious #piped #poketube #cloudtube #tubo #freetube #yattee #beatbump #hyperpipe #twitter #nitter #bluesky #skyview #reddit #teddit #libreddit #tumblr #priviblur #twitch #safetwitch #twineo #tiktok #proxytok #instagram #proxigram #imdb #libremdb #bilibili #mikuInvidious #pixiv #pixivfe #fandom #breezewiki #imgur #rimgo #pinterest #binternet #soundcloud #tubo #bandcamp #tent #tekstowo #tekstolibre #genius #dumb #medium #scribe #libmedium #quora #ouetre #github #gothub #gitlab #laboratory #stackoverflow #anonymousoverflow #reuters #neuters #snopes #suds #urbandictionary #ruraldictionary #goodreads #biblioReads #wolframalpha #wolfreealpha #instructables #indestructables #destructables #wikipedia #wikiless #waybackmachine #waybackclassic #search #searxng #searx #whoogle #librex #4get #translate #simplytranslate #mozhi #libretranslate #googlemaps #openstreetmap #meet #jitsi #sendfiles #send #pastetext #privatebin

anonymiss@despora.de

From the charging document for a new J6 riot defendant, a continuing reminder that Google searches can, and will, be held against you.

Source: https://twitter.com/alanfeuer/status/1737845283126730858

#justice #police #smartphone #Google #search #privacy #problem #internet #news #riot

california@diaspora.permutationsofchaos.com

#Surfraw provides a fast unix command line #interface to a variety of popular #WWW #search engines

We've all been there: the graphical user interface has crashed and you're stuck on the command line. Now you need an extensive internet search to get everything up and running again. Now you know the right tool for this.

web: http://surfraw.org
guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Surfraw

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#software #opensource #commandline #terminal #web #internet #shell

california@diaspora.permutationsofchaos.com

Google Paid $26 Billion to Be Default #Search Engine in 2021

#Google paid $26.3 billion to other companies to ensure its search engine was the default on web browsers and mobile phones, a top company executive testified during the Justice Department’s antitrust trial Friday.

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see: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/google-paid-26-3-billion-to-be-default-search-engine-in-2021

#Finance #internet #browser #mobile #economy #web

solarkater@despora.de

boaaah ey - #dating für #senioren ... #senioren-dating
ich bin auf #Gleichklang und wunder mich immer mehr, dass da Vorschläge kommen, die ich eher auf den üblichen mainstream Börsen wie #Finya vermuten würde...
auf Gleichklang mal #Glück gehabt - hielt 4 Jahre, immerhin...
bin ich in gewisser Art drauf angewiesen um meinen Bekanntenkreis hier am Ende der Welt in #rlp_skurril
#eifel-garden zu beleben
vor Jahren gab es noch viele kleine (aber feine... und kostenlose) Seiten, wo das auch klappte... aber wenn ich jetzt im Netz suche, find ich nur Abzockerseiten von 40-80 Öhren monatlich... kein Wunder, dass die auf Gleichklang landen
(hab überhaupt den Eindruck, dass Suchseiten #search-engines #search von duckduckgo bis incl verschiedene Instanzen von #searx nur noch wie google funzen: wie bei meiner Suche nach #Suchtgruppen #blogs für ne Bekannte vor Wochen... nur Kliniken, Geldgeier und dergleichen...)

anonymiss@despora.de

I found out what's wrong with Apple: They rejected #DuckDuckGo as a #search engine because of #privacy concerns and therefore preferred to stay with #Google.

source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/apple-considered-ditching-google-for-duckduckgo-in-safaris-private-mode/

#Giannandrea had a different take, though. He was heavily involved in Apple's discussions about its future with search, and he dismissed a switch to DuckDuckGo, partly because he felt that DuckDuckGo's "marketing about privacy is somewhat incongruent with the details" because DuckDuckGo relies on #Bing in some areas. He said he would have wanted to do "a lot more due diligence with DuckDuckGo" should the switch have happened. He previously argued against switching to DuckDuckGo in an internal company email.

So an ex-Google employee talks about privacy issues and that's why you should stay with Google. If Apple is so stupid and falls for it, I wonder what they do for a living.


#news #problem #wtf #fail #omg #technology #safari #browser #internet #web #www