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>Similar privacy can be achieved through the combination of a VPN and a privacy-focused browser.

Mullvad sell a VPN and privacy-focused browser so how are they unable to proxy the searches themselves? They already have the needed tools developed.



A VPN and a privacy-focused browser have similar practical usefulness to a private search engine. They cannot be used to create a private search engine.


Yes, they can. You use the browser with the VPN to search sites like Bing and then scrape the search results.


You don't need a whole browser for that, just a VPN. And that'd likely get their servers blocked for their users if Google's cracking down on them already.


>cracking down on them already.

If they crack down on it then the suggestion to use a VPN and privacy browser won't work either.


The browser is free btw and a great browser. Basically Tor without all the Tor protocol parts




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