Crosspost from the The Donald. DDG is getting moe pozzed. Stop using DuckDuckGo
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I'm technically competent, having run webservers for 15+ years. I'm genuinely considering setting up a public node that I can also share amongst family/friends.
One bit I didn't quite get of your comment: "host your own if you don't care about privacy" – do you simply mean that server providers are going to require personal details and it's not too hard to track down who runs one? - or is there some other consideration I'm not understanding?
the privacy thing is a basic one in that all the search providers know which IP the requests are coming from.
Running a searx instance requires no personal data, from you as the hoster or from users.
It's just a simple docker image for most people (that's what I use for my personal instance)
If you're eager to hide your controversial knitting hot takes, hosting a node for yourself isn't going to protect you from unscrupulous three letter agencies.
Hosting a public node can help other people who are worried about privacy as their request will be lost in all the other requests.
Running a public node is a great thing to do as it helps others.
If you're hosting I would recommend going for the domain owner anonymizer protection if your registrar supports it.