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Private.sh encrypts queries on the client side and routes requests thru proxies to maximize privacy.


Looks like an interesting project! It would still need serious audits since it's all browser-based (arbitrary JS could be added at any time and snoop on the results page) and there's a black box element at the point of retrieving results: we're hoping that the search provider is only sending encrypted results back, but I don't see how we have a guarantee that this is the case and that the query and results aren't being logged in various places and cross-referenceable. Basically, we receive an encrypted result, but where is the non-black-box, non-trust-based guarantee that this is the only result seen?


You can review the JS and it’s results in the console.


Try a live link instead, it helps users out who have to copy and paste the URL: https://private.sh/





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