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		charcircuit 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mullvad: Shutting down our search proxy Leta Yes, they can. You use the browser with the VPN to search sites like Bing and then scrape the search results.

jdiff 1 day ago [–]

You don't need a whole browser for that, just a VPN. And that'd likely get their servers blocked for their users if Google's cracking down on them already.

charcircuit 1 day ago | [–]

>cracking down on them already.

If they crack down on it then the suggestion to use a VPN and privacy browser won't work either.

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