Whoogle Search - A self-hosted, ad-free/AMP-free/tracking-free, privacy respecting alternative to Google Search

Get Google search results, but without any ads, javanoscript, AMP links, cookies, or IP address tracking. Easily deployable in one click as a Docker app, and customizable with a single config file. Quick and simple to implement as a primary search engine replacement on both desktop and mobile.


Hi everyone. I've been working on a project lately that allows super easy set up of a self-hosted Google search proxy, but with built in privacy enhancements and protections against tracking and data collection.

The project is open source and available with a lot of different options for setting up your own instance (for free): https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search

Since the app is meant to only ever be self-hosted, I intentionally built the tool to be as easy to deploy as possible for individuals of any background. It has deployment options ranging from a single-click deploy, to pip/pipx installs or temporary sandboxed runs, to manual setup with Docker or whatever you want. It's primarily meant to be useful for anyone who is (rightfully) skeptical of Google's privacy practices, but wants to continue to have access to Google search results and/or result formatting.

Here's a quick TL;DR of some current features:

* No ads or sponsored content
* No javanoscript
* No cookies
* No tracking/linking of your personal IP address
* No AMP links
* No URL tracking tags (i.e. utm=%s)
* No referrer header
* POST request search queries (when possible)
* View images at full res without site redirect (currently mobile only)
* Dark mode
* Randomly generated User Agent
* Easy to install/deploy
* Optional location-based searching (i.e. results near <city>)
* Optional NoJS mode to disable all Javanoscript on result pages

Happy to answer any questions if anyone has any. Hope you all enjoy!

https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/ggrocn/whoogle_search_a_selfhosted/


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Riot Web 1.6, RiotX Android 0.19 & Riot iOS 0.11 — E2E Encryption by Default & Cross-signing is here!!

Hi folks,

We are incredibly excited to present the biggest change in Riot ever: as of the last 24 hours we are enabling end-to-end encryption by default for all new non-public conversations, together with a complete rework of Riot’s user experience around E2E encryption, powered by a whole new suite of encryption features in Matrix. We have released this simultaneously on Web, Desktop, iOS and RiotX Android!

👉🏼 Web:
https://riot.im/app

👉🏼 Desktop:
https://riot.im/download/desktop/

👉🏼 iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/riot-im/id1083446067

👉🏼 RiotX Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.vector.riotx

💡 More info:
https://blog.riot.im/e2e-encryption-by-default-cross-signing-is-here/

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Disable Tracking Services
By steveglowpunk

https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/noscript-disable-tracking-services-t4099469

This is a set of noscripts that disables privacy invasive tracking components in all user installed apps (service/broadcast receiver/activity/content provider).
Root permission is required to run the noscripts.

How it works:
UpdateExodus.sh downloads tracker names from Exodus Privacy ( https://etip.exodus-privacy.eu.org)

DisableTracking.sh will dump a list of components of all installed apps, compare it against the list of trackers name, and disable those components (using the 'pm disable' command) if they match.

Download: Goolag Drive link (https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1_G6-M8ToF0PsjY0HIrZIAVrTHT6nbptE?usp=drive_open) or attached below

Check instructions.txt for details on how to use the noscripts.
The latest version is 1.5.
You are recommended to backup your apps before running the noscripts.

I hope you will find this useful

The noscript was originally based on #disablefuckservices here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/noscript-disable-fk-services-trackers-apps-t4074427


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Demo:

Prerequisites:
Root access is required.
You also need these extra binaries installed in a directory of $PATH (such as /sbin):
-aapt
-jq
You can download these binaries from the Termux app ( https://f-droid.org/app/com.termux
Or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux )
To download those binaries, run these commands in Termux:

pkg install aapt
pkg install jq

Copy them from /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin to a directory of $PATH
Then give them execution permission, e.g.: chmod +x /sbin/aapt

To see what directories are in $PATH, run this command: echo $PATH

Note: if you've placed the binaries in /sbin, or you have installed Magisk,
the binaries will be deleted every reboot. You'll have to copy them again.

Note: the aapt and jq in the Google Drive folder was downloaded on a phone running aarch64 architecture and may be incompatible with your phone.
If that's the case, follow the above instrcutions to download the version that works on your phone.

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Usage:
-All noscripts and txt files must be in the same directory as DisableTrackers.sh

You need a terminal emulator to run these noscripts.
Personally I use "Terminal Emulator for Android" ( https://f-droid.org/app/com.termoneplus
Or
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm )
This terminal emulator lets you add launcher shortcuts. Quite convenient in my opinion.
Termux may also work, but I haven't tested it.

For first time usage, run UpdateExodus.sh first.
i.e. run this command: su -c sh /path/to/noscript/UpdateExodus.sh
If the noscript runs successfully, a MergedTrackers.txt will be created.
Then you can run DisableTrackers.sh AS SU to start disabling trackers. (root permission is required)
i.e. run this command: su -c sh /path/to/noscript/DisableTrackers.sh

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Explanations:
UpdateExodus.sh will download a tracker list from Exodus Privacy, and merge it with CustomTrackers.txt (if it exists)
You can add your own trackers to CustomTrackers.txt. You may also write comments in this format: #(comment here)
MergeExodus.sh does the merging of exodustrackers_extracted.txt and CustomTrackers.txt.

DisableTracking.sh will dump a list of components (service/broadcast receiver/activity/content provider) of all installed apps,
compare it against the list of trackers in MergedTrackers.txt, and disable those components if they match.
It will save a list of already processed apps to a database file in the noscript's directory,
so they will not be processed twice when you run the noscript again (like maybe you've installed a new app and you want to disable its trackers by running the noscript).

Apps with trackers will be logged to AppsWithTrackers.txt.
exodustrackers.json is the raw list downloaded from Exodus Privacy.
exodustrackers_extracted.txt contains the actual tracker names from the json.
MergedTrackers.txt contains the merged results of exodustrackers_extracted.txt and CustomTrackers.txt.
ProcessedApps.db contains a list of already processed apps. They will be skipped in the next run of DisableTrackers.sh.

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Enjoy!

Scripts written by steveglowplunk
Based on the noscript here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/noscript-disable-fk-services-trackers-apps-t4074427

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Known issues:
-You can't process system apps yet. I will fix this when I have time.

Update log:
Version 1.1:
-Added functionality of downloading tracker names from Exodus Privacy

Version 1.2:
-Skip disabling tracking services that have already been disabled
-Fixed some typos and improved noscripts' logic

Version 1.3:
-Fixed problems with directories containing spaces in the name.
-Small improvements to the noscript's logic.

Version 1.4:
-Small optmisations in DisableTracking.sh for (insignificant) performance improvements

Version 1.5:
-DisableTracking.sh now uses a database to store processed app names and versions.
This means if an app was updated, it will check for trackers in the updated app again.
-If there was a deleted app, DisableTracking.sh will now delete its record from ProcessedApps.db automatically. No more manual deletion.
-Note: if you've used version 1.4 or below and don't want the noscript to process all apps again, run CreateAppDB.sh.
It will create a ProcessedApps.db with records of all currently installed apps.

Troubleshooting:

Downloads attached below (v1.5) or at https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1_G6-M8ToF0PsjY0HIrZIAVrTHT6nbptE?usp=drive_open

Disable Fuck Services noscript

The goal of this program is to disable many trackers by Google, Facebook and others from the installed apps (and from Google Services if you have them). It will do a search and disable many of the analytics, ads, and firebase services for all user apps

1. Download the DisableFuckServices15.sh file
2. Copy it to /data/local/tmp with some root explorer (I used Mixplorer)
3. Give it 755 permission (also used Mixplorer for this, right after pasting)
4. Open a terminal (like Termux or Terminal Emulator)
5. Do the following 2 commands:
su
cd /data/local/tmp
sh DisableFuckServices15.sh
6. Wait (maybe a couple minutes depending on the number of apps installed)
7. Done

Warning: there is a small chance some apps will force close after this.
If so you can just reinstall them

https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/noscript-disable-fk-services-trackers-apps-t4074427

Changelog : 
- 1.0 : Original version from MOVZX
- 1.1 : add Facebook trackers
- 1.2 : add IAMs trackers read Ars technica article https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/4000-android-apps-silently-access-your-installed-software
- 1.3 : more FB adds and chinese trackers too...thank's to @LE CHEVALIER for the help Veyrbin
- 1.4 : I remove some trackers i added myself but without confirmation and I add some flurry adds
- 1.5 : much more trackers...thank's @steveglowplunk for the new ones


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