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I've been working on this private search engine https://private.sh/ for a while. It encrypts your query using client-side javascript so only the Gigablast search engine can read your query. And your query is delivered to Gigablast through an anonymizing proxy that is not in Gigablast's control. So you get TOR-like privacy. Also Gigablast's privacy policy https://gigablast.com/privacy.html shows that your query is not transmitted to 3rd parties or used for anything other than to return your results. Gigablast also has 0 dependencies on Bing or Google.

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Don't trust private.sh or gigablast.

Here are the reasons

Note: im not aganist anyone.

Yes, Gigablast is open source and i trust gigablast but privte.sh isn't open source. They said they will release code but from the past 1 year they didn't releas.

2nd reason is privatesh is owned by pia which is based in us. Since we all pia keeps logs about metadata it isn't secure.

Note: metadata is also important

3rd reason : There is a lot more to develop

4th reason : It has no anonymous view. It is better to add anonymous view like startpage. Startpage anonymous is more secure but i do not trust startpage because it has no source code. Maybe in future private.sh could develop.

Im using private.sh but what is the proof that it does'nt have any logs and it isn't open source. And please add a anonymous view like startpage and make it open source.

The encryption code is open source as it is in the javascript so you can evaluate it. It's also available in the chrome plug-in, and there's now the app in the android play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privatesh.... so the private.sh web server or related anonymyzing proxy don't have access to your query since it is encrypted. on the gigablast servers will know your query, but they won't know your IP address.

Ok but please add anonymous view like startpage and i will recommend my friends use it. Hence startpage is owned by advertising company i cannot trust it anymore. I have only 2 options for myself private.sh or searx. I trust private.sh and gigablast. Thanks matt brother.

are u planning to add image search? also where is the source code?

Even if they add it we need to purchase it like gigablast. Use searx or swisscows instead.

the source code for gigablast is on github. yes, gigablast has image search but private.sh needs to start using it soon.

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