• solrize@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    How can anyone worry about IP addresses when the search engine also knows your real world payment credentials? That and privacy don’t really mix.

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      7 months ago

      They know the names of their customers but they don’t know their search queries. There’s the privacy. At least that’s what they said. Since Kagi isn’t Open Source it always comes down to trust.

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      7 months ago

      So, this means Proton is not private either? Any product you pay for cannot be private?

      There is a difference between anonimity and privacy.

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        7 months ago

        Email is inherently not private. Even if your own provider zealously protects your privacy, if the person you’re emailing uses Gmail, that’s all she wrote.