# Leaked Lies at Google

Source: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/leaked-google-lies/index.html
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Leaked-Lies-at-Google?index=0x6668f1dd1fb702570a0bd8078c6604062ceddb88e4fef9e218a2f8b9bd5aeaa3d7475a04
Submitted by simplifiedprivacy.eth on 2024-06-12 UTC, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

## Summary

Google accidentally leaked its search API on GitHub, and the article claims the leaked data shows the company lied about several search practices. According to the article, Google lied that it tracks user clicks as a ranking factor and that it uses Chrome browser data for search, contradicting its sworn testimony to the Department of Justice in an antitrust case. The article also claims Google lied about a ranking "sandbox" for new sites and placed smaller personal sites in a lower-ranked category to favor larger brands. Google later removed the data, but it had already been published under an Apache open source license.

## Article

Google accidentally leaked their search API on Github.

Lied that they track users clicks as a factor for search rankings [1][3]

Lied about using data from Chrome browser for search, including clicks. This contradicted their sworn testimony to the Department of Justice on anti-trust. [1][3]

Lied about having a sandbox (to prevent “some” or new sites from ranking) [1][2][3]

Purposefully gave smaller “personal” sites their own category which ranked lower, EVEN IF they had more relevant information. To favor larger brands. [3]

They after removed the leaked data, but it was already published under an Apache open source license[2]

So now anyone can do whatever with it. The irony of Google having crappy privacy.

What should you use instead?

Mojeek:

Best privacy, but they aren’t as well-funded. You gotta know what you want in advance

On Hetzner, so if you’re coming through Tor which Hetzner dominates, its a conflict of interest

SearXNG:

FOSS front-end for an aggregate. Farside.link has many instances.

Duckduckgo:

They are not that private, but it pains me to say the results are not that bad.

Brave’s Search:

It’s on Amazon AWS, but not bad indepedent results. As a heads up, if you use the Tor Onion it lets you do it without JavaScript.

Avoid Chrome browser:

Google Chrome compromises privacy, consumes too much memory, and has security vulnerabilities compared to alternatives

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