• peregus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Are you using your account for the Google API? If yes, doesn’t it mine the privacy point of SearXNG?

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      1 year ago

      No, it’s just doing whatever it does by default for that. Being the only user does take away an element of anonymity, but I don’t think it’s to an unacceptable level. Sure, they might have a good idea of what I like to search, but they don’t know what links I’m clicking on or interacting with, and I’m not seeing any ads from the searches. So I’m a totally useless data point in that regard.