Swedish author and famous pro-Ukraine blogger Lars Wilderäng (Cornucopia) reports today that the Swedish security expert Karl Emil Nikka has revealed that Kagi is using the Kremlin propaganda tool Yandex as a backend for searches.
Wilderäng speculates this might mean search terms are leaking to Russia, while others worry about how Kremlin thus can get their talking points into western search results.
Security expert Karl Emil Nikka tells us that the search engine Kagi, popular among tech geeks, uses Russian Yandex, which was introduced after the full-scale invasion. This, of course, gives Russia the opportunity to look at what is searched for via Kagi.
Link (in Swedish), see 11:22 update: https://cornucopia.se/2024/10/uppdateras-ryssland-medger-bruk-av-c-stridsmedel-mot-ukraina-rysk-pilot-som-mordade-68-ukrainare-ihjalslagen-med-hammare-bland-de-allra-storsta-ryska-forlusterna-under-kriget-igar/
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I have to admit - coming from a lemmy.ml user, this made me chuckle.
Still not possible to transfer your account to other instances. https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1985
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It’s more about it being a Marxist Leninist instance lol
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Just what???
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Maybe .ml has good moderation and you’re just insufferable.
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Ok. Pretend it’s true and I’ll pretend to believe it
They’re known specifically for being pro-Russia, which is what made the comment amusing.
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It’s more about the fact that kagi pays yandex and yandex pays taxes to one of the craziest goverment in the world
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Thats the thing… Do we know what kagi is sharing woth yandex or do we just trust they dont too much behond the query?
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The headline is trash for sure but comment section correct so social media worked it out
The thing is we don’t know, we can’t know and the article just link to a youtube video that I can’t understand shit.
They don’t need to share things with Yandex, if they share anything valuable with any other major search engine is already fucking bad.