On: Mullvad: Shutting down our search proxy Leta

[charcircuit]

>Similar privacy can be achieved through the combination of a VPN and a privacy-focused browser.

Mullvad sell a VPN and privacy-focused browser so how are they unable to proxy the searches themselves? They already have the needed tools developed.

[jdiff → charcircuit]

A VPN and a privacy-focused browser have similar practical usefulness to a private search engine. They cannot be used to create a private search engine.

[charcircuit → jdiff]

Yes, they can. You use the browser with the VPN to search sites like Bing and then scrape the search results.

[jdiff → charcircuit]

You don't need a whole browser for that, just a VPN. And that'd likely get their servers blocked for their users if Google's cracking down on them already.

[charcircuit → jdiff]

>cracking down on them already.

If they crack down on it then the suggestion to use a VPN and privacy browser won't work either.

[culi → charcircuit]

The browser is free btw and a great browser. Basically Tor without all the Tor protocol parts