PriEco: New open source web search engine
Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial]
May 3, 2026
JojoYou:
> Right, but what can be done about it? You can’t verify what actually runs on a server from outside.
Nothing, and we shouldn’t have to! Privacy community usually cares about FOSS servers to
1. To self-host when the threat model deems it necessary
2. Have a peek at code smell and to spot issues and vulnerabilities
For third party services supporting Tor with preferably v3 Onions available is how user can enforce the server to respect user privacy. All the server needs to do is not obstruct that, and actually recommend the user takes security into their own hands. If this was mine, I’d have say a link to a PeerTube/YouTube video that shows how to install Tor Browser and how to navigate to the onion site, and how to bookmark the link.
> I promised here already to bring it back. So, will tell you when it’s back.
It’s not the end of the world. Anonymity and lack of long term sessions keeps users as private as they can.
> Very sorry, that’s entirely my fault/mistake. My guess is that it was down for max 18h. It’s online again
No need to apologize!
> The link is there
This is my bad, I didn’t realize I could scroll down. It apparently doesn’t show even if I maximize the browser on 4K display. Would you consider e.g. a faint V shape arrow symbol to bottom of the visible page to signal there’s more to be seen? It could be a button that scrolls the bottom visible. I get that you want to keep it as minimal as you can so I’m trying to think of something that would work but wouldn’t ruin it.
> And when you open clearnet PriEco in tor browser it signals you “.onion available”
Yeah this was a positive surprise, I love it!
You’re doing great work and I confirm the onion service works now. Thanks for speedy fix!
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