[image] Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine Better search results with no ads. Welcome to Kagi (pronounced kah-gee), a paid search engine that gives power back to the user. It looks pretty interesting, instead of generating revenue on user data or donations…

Yeah… I really like the idea of ad-free business models personally, but for our purposes I’m finding it hard to recommend. This is Privacy Guides and not Ad-blocking Guides, and I disagree with the notion that advertising is inherently linked to tracking, when other search engines like DDG and Brave…

[image] anon55464882: This entire thread underscores how little interest they have in implementing genuine privacy features. I think they have an interest, the Privacy Pass feature is insanely cool and something I want to see from more companies. It’s just really this one thing that’s sort of…

I agree that it’s a decent feature, and it alleviates some concerns about logging or tracing users’ searches. And it shows that they do address some privacy concerns users may have. However, what I’m trying to convey is that it doesn’t significantly address Kagi’s relevant privacy issues. Perhaps my…

Looks like they not only announced privacy pass but also an onion variant of their site (installing an extension sounds like a bad idea…), hopefully someone familiar with the technology can verify their claims. Introducing Privacy Pass authentication for Kagi Search | Kagi Blog Today we…

Privacy Pass + Onion service is a great privacy combo. I don’t understand the hate around here for the email signup requirement. You can always abandon an account and create a new one if you use a non-aliased email address for some reason. If you accidentally put in an email address that doesn’t bel…

Definitely time to reconsider Kagi I think, all your searches being linked to your account was my main hangup and this solves that. The onion service is also really nice to see. Currently they still don’t meet the requirements for being listed as a search engine, but their blog post mentions Do y…

[image] fria: all your searches being linked to your account was my main hangup and this solves No, privacy pass (issued against an underlying user-identifying credential) as implemented by Kagi (users can switch back and forth from using privacy pass tokens to their actual credential) doesn’…

[image] ignoramous: No, privacy pass (issued against an underlying user-identifying credential) as implemented by Kagi (users can switch back and forth from using privacy pass tokens to their actual credential) doesn’t solve this. So, if I understand you correctly, this issue would diminish i…

▶ edit: old Oh, never mind, I see what you’re saying now that I have downloaded the extension myself :laughing: Since the extension requires you to be signed in to the browser in order to obtain the tokens, it makes using it privately a lot tricker. If these tokens were portable (can purchase with a…

Hey, everybody. Glad to join the community. How do you feel about Kagi Search and the fact that Kagi uses Yandex search engine in API? They have not yet released the ability to disable Yandex from search outputs. I’m testing this search engine for myself right now, it looks impressive, gives better …

kagi is very good. I don’t know much about kagi and Yandex, I’ll check it out sometime. Regarding privacy, it depends on your threat model. If your threat model includes the government, then don’t use it. Another problem with kagi is that it’s expensive. 5$ for 300 searches is simply not enough, …

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