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Dozens of privacy-first search engines have quietly shut their doors over the past decade, leaving users scrambling for alternatives that actually stick around. Despite surging public interest in online privacy, building a sustainable search engine turns out to be one of the hardest problems in tech. We dug into what's really killing these platforms—and which ones might actually have a future.
Major AI companies are quietly scooping up your search history to train their large language models — often without asking first. We break down exactly what's being harvested, which search engines are doing it, and how you can stop your data from becoming someone else's training set.
Your search history is worth a lot more than you think — and not to you. Major tech companies have built billion-dollar advertising empires on the back of your most personal questions, curiosities, and fears. Here's exactly how it works, and what you can actually do to stop it.