PDFs are the world's most dangerous file format: https://v2.incogtube.com/watch?v=54XYqsf4JEY

Meant to make you give up.

FBI eFOIA portal. The FBI happens to be pretty infamous for its long drawn-out response times, which is something I found out after I submitted my request.

FFS that's a really long time. I figured it'd be a matter of months, not years.

How did you submit your request?

If they don't have anything on you, they'll let you know within a month. If they do, though, they will take their sweet time providing records... I have an open request that has been processing for 2+ years now.

You can install it and help indexing web, or you can use public instances :)

I use Brave , much quicker than DDG

I tested it out and like it!

I use "gaytranny" browser, just search it.

Ni ether work good, altabista worked better 20 years ago.

and none of them do shit though. Its just a fake place that says they do something to scare people off.

oh see this how js used, frequent client update is a plus

I use a notepad with pen and paper but have a way of using them that make them more secure. As a simple example X means K, and a lot of other stuff. Also burning accounts monthly, no reason not to.

Nobody uses email so who cares.

Searx is the best right now because it has good results (proxied from Google) but prevents tracking. I'm using https://search.disroot.org/

EDIT: Disroot search is blocked by CAPTCHA again, switched to https://searx.be

I use KeePass and Keepass2Android synced with Nextcloud because it is open source, but I might self-host Bitwarden and switch to that soon.

I've never had any issues with Protonmail no, but I wouldn't trust them with sensitive information, Secmail is a TOR email provider I have used for a long time, and never encountered any problem unlike with SIGIANT when that was around.

I'll happily use protonmail for clear web activity and a TOR email provider for my TOR activity, which I do anyway.

Sorry if that wasn't clear enough.

Yacy is probably the best followed by Searx although not if you're on Whonix which makes the usage of Yacy (and I'm guessing Searx too) insecure. If you aren't on Whonix and you want good results, you could locally host your Searx instance and adjust the search targets to your liking. This would also be your most private choice since it's

• open source and you don't have to trust a website to actually deploy what you advertise
• you can route it over Tor (alas, I didn't check how) or just morty which will sanitize your searches

P.S. Yes I know Searx is technically a metasearch engine, but hey, it gets the search done.

KeePassXC because I made... ehm... this (with some lovely people). Though I literally only use it for ssh and never store my passwords digitally.

I use lastpass because it's easy...

That was an interesting read. I had heard about the five eyes but didn't know it extended to a bunch of other agencies and countries.

I was trying to remember this, thanks! And about not using normal devices, it makes almost everything harder, but it's the price for having security :/ Kinda sucks, but i think it's worth it. I would like to know how to check if my username:password has been leaked, just in case, but for what I remember, never happened to me.

Startpage is owned by system1.

Searx or YaCy

Startpage; basically Google quality results without having to share anything.