RoxyRoxyRoxy I disagree with this point of view: the CLOUD Act is active in the United States, which allows federal agents to force U.S. companies to provide data even on European servers.
The discourse is just different and keep getting around it by talking about something else.
I trust Proton because, thanks in part to independent audits, I know they do not possess data so even if they were politically aligned differently from my thinking this does not affect my security in the slightest. Signal is also secure despite being U.S.-based precisely because it uses end-to-end encryption, has independent audits, and doesn't have data even if it wanted to and can't be forced to hand over data that it actually doesn't have.
The point here is another: Kagi cannot claim or prove with certainty that no data is saved or shared with the government (the fact that Trump is there is just a “more” not THE reason) even because of horrible laws like the CLOUD Act.
Kagi has developed the fantastic Privacy Pass tool which as far as I am concerned solves the root problem on this point but using it you cannot have your own customizations and this makes it, in my humble opinion, a bit useless for everyday use.
So what is hoped and asked for is that Kagi can either be under less crazy legislation than in the U.S. or to have a system, like Signal, that ensures that no data can be saved.
