Re: EWW with Duck-Duck-Go

gfp <[email protected]> Fri, 29 May 2026 17:13:13 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.help
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am 29.05.26 um 16:46 schrieb Maximilian Cook:
>> Emacs uses in EWW Duck-Duck-Go
>>
>> Duck-Duck-Go is an American search engine
>> and under US law.
>> that means AFAIK that FBI etc can read and do save everything for their
>> use.
>> So they can´t say they are quite private.
>>
>> Am I right?
>>
>> This would mean to use rather search engines from other countries, who
>> are not automatically looked at by different „spy services“
>>
>> what are your opinions?
>> which search engines to prefer?
> 
> I can't speak too much to the privacy of it (I only have a mild/moderate
> threat level), but I have found Mojeek (based in the UK) [1] to work
> well in EWW, especially if you add it to `eww-readable-urls'.  It's an
> independent search index, and for keyword-based searches it's far more
> precise than engines which try to guess what you mean.
> 
> You also might find this resource [2] helpful; the forums are a good
> aggregator of information on various tools even if you don't agree with
> the recommendations.
> 
> [1]: <https://www.mojeek.com/>
> 
> [2]: <https://www.privacyguides.org/>
> 
I am using mojeek  already in Icecat/Firefox and in LibreWolf.
But it often blocks my requests. And then I have to use Startpage instead.

In order to use mojeek in Emacs what do I have to do?
I could give it a try.

thanks

Gottfried
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