/tech/ - Technology

>>6359
There are searx onion instances. https://searx.space/

Was there ever any reason to trust DDG on privacy in the first place? It was founded by someone whose previous project was a literal Facebook datamining clone.

>>6364
No, but, as long as you use it via an exit node, or, the onion then you should be ok. That's what privacy watch dog says.
>>6360
I still do not understand searx, anon. Can you help me understand?

>>6365
>I still do not understand searx
There's not much to it. Searx is a free software, self-hostable meta-search engine.

>Free software
meaning anyone can alter the source code and contribute to development, but also meaning the software can be inspected and audited by anyone. It is licensed under the GNU AGPL, which is perfect for guaranteeing freedom in self-hostable services like this.
>Self-hostable
meaning anyone with access to a server and a web domain can host their own instance, like the instances linked on https://searx.space/
>meta-search engine
meaning SearX doesn't actually do any indexing by itself, unlike traditional search engines. Search engines like Google and Bing do all their indexing by themselves. They run web crawlers which go from page to page indexing everything, and when you search, you search through this index. They also watch user behavior to discover which pages are more relevant. SearX, however, doesn't have its own indexes. What it does, instead, is run your query through a bunch of other search engines (like google, bing, ddg, mojeek, etc) and deliver the results of all these searches to you, in the same way a normal search engine would.

The point is to avoid centralization, since anyone can host their own, while also allowing access to the massive indexes of larger search engines like google. It has a downside, namely speed: since SearX queries a bunch of different search engines at once, it can be a little slow to return results. Results aren't always perfect, and different instances are configured differently, meaning you should spend a few moments in the settings page when using a new instance. I do quite like it however.

>>6359
can someone tldr what the different between v2 and v3 addresses?

>>6372
Apart from the shorter addresses, which some argue are less prone to fishing, but nevertheless significantly restrict the address space, v2 also uses a weaker cipher, has some other serious flaws and has slowly been deprecated (see https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2020-June/014365.html).
From https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/tor-onion-service.html.en
>Since Tor 0.3.2 and Tor Browser 7.5.a5 56-character long v3 onion addresses are supported and should be used instead. This newer version of onion services ("v3") features many improvements over the legacy system:
<Better crypto (replaced SHA1/DH/RSA1024 with SHA3/ed25519/curve25519)
<Improved directory protocol, leaking much less information to directory servers.
<Improved directory protocol, with smaller surface for targeted attacks.
<Better onion address security against impersonation.
<More extensible introduction/rendezvous protocol.
<A cleaner and more modular codebase.

>>6368
If there were some known onion instances of searx i'd be sold.

>>6385
snopyta.org hosts an instance among their hidden services.
http://yra4tke2pwcnatxjkufpw6kvebu3h3ti2jca2lcdpgx3mpwol326lzid.onion/

>>6385
https://searx.space/ has a section for onion services, torbro. That site also has an onion mirror at http://searxspbitokayvkhzhsnljde7rqmn7rvoga6e4waeub3h7ug3nghoad.onion/

>>6385
http://z34zvdnudiq5om7v547g42nr36l4ut7pek6bx7prn4emi5ncdgo6jhad.onion
That's my own instance, i don't log anything
also this >>6389

>>6390
Based self hoster. If you don't mind sharing some info: How much does running an instance like this cost you? Are you running any other services? I've been thinking about getting myself a VPS (perhaps splitting the cost, responsibilities and access with some comrades) to do things like this and would like to hear from more experienced people.

>>6392
>How much does running an instance like this cost you?
3Euros/month at contabo
>Are you running any other services?
Yes! check them in https://vxempire.xyz
>I've been thinking about getting myself a VPS (perhaps splitting the cost, responsibilities and access with some comrades)
Do it, you have nothing to lose but your chains
>to do things like this and would like to hear from more experienced people.
ask me anything

>>6387
Snopyta are so based holy shit. Who are these mad lads? Their Invidious instance is hosted in Finland apparently. I don't know much about them.

I can search through DDG's onion just fine right now?

>>7861
Didn't work for me earlier