The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla’s Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.

  • illectrility
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    1 year ago

    I use LibreWolf as a browser and Qwant, Startpage, SearX (murena spot) and SwissCows as search engines.

    All of these respect my privacy. Yandex doesn’t.

    Also:

    I just went to Yandex.com. It immediately told me information about my “location” (I fake it). That’s kind of unsettling because I never gave that info or asked for anything related to me or my location. After a single search I got prompted to install the app to search “privately without tracking”. The app is rated 6/10 privacy by Exodus. Exodus lists “Yandex Ad” as one of the app trackers. Sounds lovely.

    The search results are quite similar to the ones I would get on SP or Qwant. Nothing special here. Wikipedia, Maps, IMDb, stuff like that. Incredible.

    I also need to do captchas regularly, which is very annoying.

    It’s not even particularly fast. Qwant Lite approaches warp speed in comparison.

    In conclusion:

    This search engine is nothing special. If you need their browser for it to do all the fancy stuff you said, it’s basically a piece of shit. Websites that need browser specific code should not exist.

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      1 year ago

      Oh I didn’t realize what sub I was on. Sorry. Now the interactions make much more sense. Obviously, Yandex isn’t recommended for privacy.