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How do you know they do that? And how do you know Kagi does not?

Whatever the engines secretly do, why would I use one where on top of that I have to actively tag every one of my searches with my email?

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eitland 5 days ago | parent [-]

> How do you know they do that?

Because it has been widely discussed for years.

> And how do you know Kagi does not?

Because the source code of that feature is open and you can look into it I guess

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TekMol 5 days ago | parent [-]

> Because it has been widely discussed for years.

That Google does fingerprinting across searches to cluster them and pinpoint them to a person? Are you sure you are not confusing this with cookies? Cookies are under my control. I can decide to not store them or just delete them.

> Because the source code of that feature is open and you can look into it I guess

You can't know what source code that is running on the server which you send your queries to.

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eitland 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I think it is interesting that you think everything Google does is kind of more ok just because you think it is limited to cookies while simultaneously being extremely skeptical towards Kagi, not giving them the slightest benefit of doubt.

> You can't know what source code that is running on the server which you send your queries to.

Based on my (admittedly cursory) reading of the ideas behind it, the idea of the IETF standard they implemented is that one does not have to trust the server.

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lurking_swe 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

yes, even if you clear your cookies:

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/02/google-now-al...

i quote: “With all these pieces of information, it’s possible to create a unique fingerprint by which websites can recognize you, even if you clear your cookies. They will even be able to make an informed guess if you visit the same site with a different browser.”

i urge you to consider how google makes money. it’s not at all surprising really.

	▲	tempest_ 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Aha has this person never seen the JS google/CF run for bot detection? The browser APIs spit out so much info about the host system on demand and that doesnt even consider the other tricks they use.