olivernn / lunr.js

A bit like Solr, but much smaller and not as bright
http://lunrjs.com
MIT License
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Mention additional privacy motivation for client-side search #502

Open dkg opened 2 years ago

dkg commented 2 years ago

If the searched documents are the equivalent to a library, then client side search is like hiding what you're reading in the library from the server. The server knows that you visited the library, but they don't necessarily get to know what you were interested in.