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minus-squarevort3@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoDumb question, why do you need VPN to use SearxNG?
minus-squareMalReynolds@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoYou don’t, I like it coz it minimizes profiling for the component search engines, and gluetun is right there, just point SearxNG at the proxy. I still get reasonable localized results by chosing a nearby exit node.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months agoI mean, you probably don’t. But any particular instance CAN be collecting IPs and selling them. Or their security could be compromised. This is without me knowing a ton about this specific piece of software. Aside from that, I don’t toggle my VPN on and off on a per-site basis.
minus-squarevort3@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoOk, now I understand what OP meant. However, I use my own SearxNG instance, so I guess I never thought about it that way.
Dumb question, why do you need VPN to use SearxNG?
You don’t, I like it coz it minimizes profiling for the component search engines, and gluetun is right there, just point SearxNG at the proxy. I still get reasonable localized results by chosing a nearby exit node.
I mean, you probably don’t. But any particular instance CAN be collecting IPs and selling them. Or their security could be compromised.
This is without me knowing a ton about this specific piece of software.
Aside from that, I don’t toggle my VPN on and off on a per-site basis.
Ok, now I understand what OP meant.
However, I use my own SearxNG instance, so I guess I never thought about it that way.