Helping others privacy through self-hosting? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by TofuWater@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hello all, I'm relatively new to the realm of self-hosting. Over the past few months, particularly in response to recent events, I've been actively advocating for privacy, security, and decentralization. Initially, I began by implementing Nextcloud for my family and friends, and later expanded to include services like Immich, Jellyfin, and more. Recently, I've also set up a Tor relay (non-exit to avoid unnecessary attention). I'm looking for suggestions on other projects, tools, or areas to explore that can contribute to enhancing others' privacy. I appreciate services like a Tor relay because once set up, they can run relatively autonomously. Are there any similar services that others can benefit from without requiring consistent direct input from me? I've got a few spare Gigabit lines and ~20TB of free space I can spare for the greater good.

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[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago

You could do a SearxNG instance https://searx.space/

[-] Jamie@jamie.moe 6 points 11 months ago

I can second this. I have SearxNG running in a docker container by itself and it requires no real maintenance of any kind. I do have a cron job that updates the docker container once per day, but it ran for ages on the same version without issues.

[-] TofuWater@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Is this a Tor Exit type situation? Where my IP will be flagged with whatever someone is searching? If not this looks incredibly easy to set up!

[-] Eggyhead@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

This is the first I’ve heard searXNG. This is really cool!

[-] Blxter@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

Yes agreed I have been looking for a new search engine I was using something like 4get or something but it wanted me to do a captcha every day.

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