actually awesome and fast search engine (depending on which instance you use) with no trashy AI and ADs results also great for privacy, if you don’t know which instance to use go to https://searx.space/ and choose an instance closest to you

    • Derp@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Of course it can be done, check your web server logs.

      If you are using GET requests to send search queries to searxng, what you searched for will show up in the logs as

      2024-10-31 123.321.0.100 /?query=kinky+furry+pictures

      If you use POST requests the server admin can also easily enable logging those.

      People hosting searxng can absolutely see what you searched for, along with your IP address, user agent string etc.

      • Mac@federation.redEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Well my instance’s logs are sent to null for this reason already, but thank you for the info!

    • tooclose104@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      It doesn’t bother me one bit of you know my search history. You’ll learn I search a word to see if I know your to spell it properly and that I DIY a lot of stuff lol

    • OfficerBribe@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Thanks for clarification and great that this is not included in project, but couldn’t someone change the server side code and somehow see more info that goes through?

      I know there is that HTML check in https://searx.space/ to see if search interface code is not heavily modified, but on server side anything could go on.

      If requests are encrypted in a way that searxng does not see contents then it probably is not trivial to do, but there always is a possibility something clever could be done.