For reporters, a search query can reveal a source, a story angle, or a location before a word is published. Search privacy is part of basic operational security.

Why it matters here

  • Your search terms can expose what you are working on. An engine that builds no profile gives an adversary nothing to subpoena or buy.
  • Routing queries through the engine's server keeps your address out of the index's logs, adding a layer between you and the sites you research.
  • No account means no identity to link a sensitive search back to you.
the bottom line
Pair a private search engine with a VPN or Tor for sensitive work. Bare stores no history and sends no location, so it slots cleanly into a careful workflow.

How to set it up

It takes under a minute: open your browser's search settings and set the default to a private engine. Bare keeps no account and no history, and your query passes through our server only to fetch results, so the index sees our network rather than your address. Set it once and every search stays private by default.