Spot is a fork of <ahref="https://github.com/searx/searx">searx</a> which is a <ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
aggregating the results of other <ahref="{{ url_for('preferences') }}">search engines</a>
while not storing information about its users.
{{ _('Spot is a fork of') }}<ahref="https://github.com/searx/searx">searx</a>{{ _('which is a') }}<ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
{{ _('aggregating the results of other') }}<ahref="{{ url_for('preferences') }}">search engines</a>
{{ _('while not storing information about its users.') }}
Spot may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't
generate a profile about you.
{{ _("Spot may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't generate a profile about you.") }}
</li>
<li>
Spot doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a
third party, and it can't be used to compromise you.
{{ _("Spot doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a third party, and it can't be used to compromise you.") }}
</li>
<li>
Spot is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make it
better. See more on <ahref="https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/infra/spot">gitlab</a>.
{{ _("Spot is free software, the code is 100%% open and you can help to make it better. See more on") }} <ahref="https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/infra/spot">gitlab</a>.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise
believe in digital freedom, make Spot your default search engine or run it
on your own server
{{ _("If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe in digital freedom, make Spot your default search engine or run it on your own server") }}
</p>
<h2>Technical details - How does it work?</h2>
<h2>{{ _('Technical details - How does it work?') }}</h2>
<p>
Spot is a <ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine">metasearch engine</a>,
inspired by the <ahref="https://beniz.github.io/seeks/">seeks project</a>.
It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other
{{ _("""It provides basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other
platforms without storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request
on every browser (except Chromium-based browsers*). Therefore they show up
in neither our logs, nor your url history. In the case of Chromium-based
@@ -55,32 +50,29 @@
requests.
Spot can be added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as
the default search engine.
the default search engine.""") }}
</p>
<h2id='add to browser'>How to set as the default search engine?</h2>
<h2id='add to browser'>{{ _('How to set as the default search engine?') }}</h2>
<li>Chromium-based browsers <ahref="https://www.chromium.org/tab-to-search">only add websites that the user navigates to without a path.</a>
<li>Chromium-based browsers <ahref="https://www.chromium.org/tab-to-search">{{ _('only add websites that the user navigates to without a path.') }}</a>
</ul>
<h2>How can I make it my own?</h2>
<h2>{{ _('How can I make it my own?') }}</h2>
<p>
Spot appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the
code from the <ahref="https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/infra/spot">original Spot project</a> and
run it yourself!
{{ _('Spot appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the code from the') }} <ahref="https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/infra/spot">{{ _('original Spot project') }}</a> {{ _('and run it yourself!') }}
</p>
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