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Kagi search engine working with Russia (fedia.io)

submitted 1 month ago by troed@fedia.io to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Swedish author and famous pro-Ukraine blogger Lars Wilderäng (Cornucopia) reports today that the Swedish security expert Karl Emil Nikka has revealed that Kagi is using the Kremlin propaganda tool Yandex as a backend for searches.

Wilderäng speculates this might mean search terms are leaking to Russia, while others worry about how Kremlin thus can get their talking points into western search results.

Security expert Karl Emil Nikka tells us that the search engine Kagi, popular among tech geeks, uses Russian Yandex, which was introduced after the full-scale invasion. This, of course, gives Russia the opportunity to look at what is searched for via Kagi.

Link (in Swedish), see 11:22 update: https://cornucopia.se/2024/10/uppdateras-ryssland-medger-bruk-av-c-stridsmedel-mot-ukraina-rysk-pilot-som-mordade-68-ukrainare-ihjalslagen-med-hammare-bland-de-allra-storsta-ryska-forlusterna-under-kriget-igar/

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[+] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Well Yandex isn't the best choice for anything obviously but (sorry for getting political again) imo US government is worse. And my comment wasn't about that even. The post doesn't have anything to do with privacy so it's offtopic and should be removed.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thats the thing... Do we know what kagi is sharing woth yandex or do we just trust they dont too much behond the query?

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

The thing is we don't know, we can't know and the article just link to a youtube video that I can't understand shit.

They don't need to share things with Yandex, if they share anything valuable with any other major search engine is already fucking bad.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's another story then. The current post is nothing but hate and politics. The title is clickbait and misleading. It should've been written completely differently.

EDIT: well there's no point in arguing with those who think they can blindly use any means possible to hurt Russia and anything related (or not) to it. It makes sense though still a bit stupid.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 1 month ago

The headline is trash for sure but comment section correct so social media worked it out