I use Qwant as my default search engine because I thought it was more respectful of my privacy than Google or Bing and DuckDuckGo is not giving so good results in my country (for localization related searches).
I noticed that the engine was removed from the default engines for URL bar in latest IronFox version. So I searched a bit about why so, and found this issue in their tracker : https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox/-/issues/47.
What to think about this ? The message from ironfox dev seems clear but qwant seems to claim that the shared data are anonymized.
The issue seems a bit misrepresented by the dev.
The mentioned section of the privacy policy is true only for the logged in users that have agreed to voluntarily share their data.
Without logging in they don’t even store a single cookie on my device.
This is how I interpreted the policy too but wanted to be sure about it. It’s so easy to get lost in juridic language.
I’ve been trying out Searx search lately and preferred it over Qwant. From some quick research, I found that Qwant does not track your search history or create personal profiles based on your searches. Seems like good news meaning users can expect a certain level of anonymity while searching online.
However, and this is why I avoid it, it’s worth noting that Qwant does share some data with Microsoft, particularly regarding ads and search results. This includes sharing your IP address and browser details for fraud detection purposes. Personally, sharing IP information with Microsoft isn’t something I’d want in a search engine, as it raises concerns about how much user data is still being shared despite their claims of anonymization.
SearX is great. I self host the docker container for it and I love all the granularity in setting which engine to use for what type of search. I also use Kagi, but that’s because I support what they’re doing more than anything.
I wanna try Searx too, I’ll document myself a bit more about it.
i was asked about https://search.lilo.org recently. They’re trying to attract attention through solidarity, kind of like Ecosia.
They claim “nous ne conservons et ne revendons aucune donnée personnelle” but Clarity is there under the hood and when you read further (more click/touch is necessary to see this)
le navigateur que vous utilisez (le User Agent) ; vos préférences de session (afficher les résultats en français par exemple) ; votre adresse IP ; La zone géographique approximative à l’origine de la recherche (déduite de l’adresse IP) ; et éventuellement des données sur votre comportement de navigation, comme le temps écoulé entre 2 clics par exemple (toujours dans l’objectif de vérifier que l’utilisateur n’est pas un robot qui clique à la vitesse de la lumière 😉) Afin de vous fournir des résultats pertinents et de générer du revenu que nous pourrons transformer en argent pour financer les gouttes d’eau, nous avons un partenariat avec Microsoft Bing (qui respecte le Règlement Général sur la Protection des Données) pour la fourniture des résultats de recherche et des publicités. C’est pourquoi Lilo peut être amené à transmettre ces mêmes données à ce partenaire. Dans ce cas, conformément à sa politique de confidentialité, ce partenaire peut être amené à conserver ces données sur une période maximum de 18 mois.
Same as qwant: We respect your privacy, but we’re giving all this information to Microsoft
