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Search the web without getting tracked online (snapsearch.online)
1 points by CyberSkys 2378 days ago
2 comments

Posted this on your other, duplicate post.

Some questions:

Why is it an app? Why do I need an app to search the web? Why can't you make it a website?

Second, you claim it's private - how? How do you search Google for example? Do you proxy it through your own servers, and if so, how do you get around the captchas?

You mention there's a built-in proxy or VPN for "even more" security - who provides that and why? If the whole point of your service is to provide private searches then why are there 2 modes ("less secure" and "more secure"?) and how should a user decide which mode to use?

How does this compare to StartPage which offers the same service?

Finally, how do you explain this: https://snapsearch.online/advertise-with-us/ - why are there Google Analytics in a private search product where the whole point is to protect your privacy against Google?

Overall, good web design, terrible product and business model.

No SSL. Requires JS. Thanks, but no.
SSL was a miss during the recent re-design, but it's added now.

Also, give a chance to the Android app, I'm sure you won't have complains there :)