Re: EWW with Duck-Duck-Go
gfp <[email protected]> Fri, 29 May 2026 17:13:13 +0000
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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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