Mullvad Leta a privacy focus search engine
Mullvad Leta a privacy focus search engine
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/410276
Mullvad Leta
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Love Mullvad and all their work but this one aint it, Im sticking with searxng.
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Just a shell around Brave and Google.
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I'm going to try Mullvad Leta as my main search engine for a few weeks to see how it works. Thanks for the suggestion — I had no idea it even existed. BTW, even though I use NordVPN, I love Mullvad VPN for the privacy it offers its users. In a couple of months, when my Nord subscription ends, I'll switch to Mullvad.
After using the search engine for two weeks, I can say that I didn't like it at all
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Using Leta with Mullvad VPN might be like putting all your eggs in one basket
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Not really. IMO, the determining factor for this is how "sticky" a given service is.
Leta is a public search engine that you don't have to pay for their VPN to use, and switching search engines is quite trivial, making this a very easy switch in the event that either service is unsatisfactory.
That said, I have no idea why anyone would want Google search results in 2025 because their search engine is terrible, but more power to anyone that does.
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The only thing that they are still undisputed kings of, is checking the hours of stores near me. That maps data is hard to beat.
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From their FAQ
What is the point of Leta?
Leta aims to present a reliable and trustworthy way of searching privately on the internet.
However, Leta is useless as a service if you use the perfect non-logging VPN, a privacy focussed DNS service, a web browser that resists fingerprinting, and correlation attacks from global actors. Leta is also useless if your browser blocks all cookies, tracking pixels and other tracking technologies.
For most people Leta can be useful, as the above conditions cannot ever truly be met by systems that are available today.
If you use their VPN and their browser or any firefox properly configured there is no reason to use Leta.
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Not sure why, but my search results have been even worse than with duckduckgo