Whatever the engines secretly do, why would I use one where on top of that I have to actively tag every one of my searches with my email?
Because it has been widely discussed for years.
> And how do you know Kagi does not?
Because the source code of that feature is open and you can look into it I guess
That Google does fingerprinting across searches to cluster them and pinpoint them to a person? Are you sure you are not confusing this with cookies? Cookies are under my control. I can decide to not store them or just delete them.
> Because the source code of that feature is open and you can look into it I guess
You can't know what source code that is running on the server which you send your queries to.
> You can't know what source code that is running on the server which you send your queries to.
Based on my (admittedly cursory) reading of the ideas behind it, the idea of the IETF standard they implemented is that one does not have to trust the server.
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/02/google-now-al...
i quote: “With all these pieces of information, it’s possible to create a unique fingerprint by which websites can recognize you, even if you clear your cookies. They will even be able to make an informed guess if you visit the same site with a different browser.”
i urge you to consider how google makes money. it’s not at all surprising really.
