c/youshouldknow · by letraset@piefed.dk · 1y

YSK about opnxng.com, a site hosting public services focused on privacy

https://about.opnxng.com/

Opnxng hosts a number of public services focused on privacy by using opensource front ends for popular websites, including:

Medium
Threads
Github
IMDB
Stackoverflow
Tumblr
Quora
Fandom

It also hosts tools like:

Stirling PDF
IT Tools
Etherpad
Privatebin
Send

and a few lemmy frontends like mlmym, Photon, and Voyager.

Edit: added a detail that they are not hosting the websites I listed, but rather open source and privacy respecting front ends for these websites.

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13 Comments

CameronDev@programming.dev · 17 pts · 1y (5 replies)

With no published owner information, YS consider it a honeypot.

tisktisk@piefed.social · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The age old problem always comes back... I don't know the solution but anything that looks like it is a fed/honeypot

CameronDev@programming.dev · 8 pts · 1y

The simple answer is self-host (or dont host it online at all) if you really care about keeping your data safe. Otherwise, use a provider with a published name and address, and if they leak your data, use the legal system to resolve it.

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Found the owner: https://github.com/searxng/searx-instances/issues/292

That being said, could still 100% be a honeypot. Trust nothing.

CameronDev@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y

Privacy policies are only as good as your ability to legally enforce them. And without a name or address, you'll struggle to do that against a github account. Even a lawyers name would be a start.

Cloudflare may know their identity, but thats still a gamble.

PoisonedPrisonPanda@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y

oh yes. please feed my anxiety.

nebulaone@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Just don't use it for sensitive data.

letraset@piefed.dk · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)