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    I’m still trying to understand searxng, does it start with nothing and build up its index each time you search? Will your results be rubbish for a while?

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      It just culminates results from a bunch of other engines

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      It’s basically a proxy for Google and other engines, think of it as a VPN for your searches.

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        I see that makes sense. So what does making it public/blending traffic do?

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          Makes it harder to fingerprint/differentiate traffic