I normally default to SearxNG search engine but sometimes use swisscows.com.
For some reason, if I let FOSS browser remove the tracker portion of the search, it will no longer work. If I allow the tracker to be used, it works every time. I have tried multiple Searx engine instances, and they all seem to have the same issue.
Swisscows.com seems to be working for me but I don’t think I’m removing “trackers”.
Can you give an example? What browser is removing the “tracker portion”? How is it doing that?
The querystring can contain trackers. But for searching it usually contains your search terms. So, if your browser is removing the querystring, then searches probably won’t work.
Yeah there is definitely no size fits all there, you can’t just remove the entire query string
That’s what I’m wondering. I’ve used both Searx and SwissCows and I’ve never seen any tracking going on in the URL.
You should probably report that to the browser developer. Sounds like their tracker filter has a bug causing false positives.
Thank you for introducing me to swisscows! Edit: does it only allow safe searching? Is there a way to turn off safe search?
I use Brave browser, my SearXNG instance works fine. Feel free to try it out: https://search.sapti.me/
If it doesn’t work, it might be something with your browser.
