Brave, which develops its eponymous web browser focused on protecting users’ privacy, announced about the buyout of technologies of the search engine that closed last year Cliqz systems. Cliqz’s work is planned to be used to create its own search engine , tightly integrated with the browser and does not track visitors. The search engine is focused on maintaining privacy and will evolve with community input.
The community will be able not only to participate in filling search indexes, but also to participate in the creation of alternative ranking models to prevent censorship and one-sided submission of material. To select the most relevant materials, Cliqz uses a model based on the analysis of an anonymous log of requests and clicks made by users in the browser. Participation in the accumulation of such data will be optional.
Goggles will also evolve with the community, offering a domain-specific language for writing search result filters. The user will be able to choose the filters with which he agrees and turn off those that he considers unacceptable.
Financing of the search engine will be carried out through advertising. Users will be offered two options – paid access without ads and free access with ads that will not use user tracking when displayed.
Integration with the browser will allow you to implement the transfer of information about preferences under the control of the user and without violating confidentiality, and will also provide the ability to add features such as instant refinement of the result as you type a request. An open API will be provided to integrate the search engine with non-commercial projects.
As a reminder, Brave is being developed under the leadership of Brendan Eich, the creator of the JavaScript language and former head of Mozilla. The browser is built on the Chromium engine, focuses on protecting user privacy, includes an integrated ad clipping engine, can work over Tor, provides built-in support for HTTPS Everywhere, IPFS and WebTorrent, offers an alternative to banners publisher financing mechanism based on subscription. The project code is distributed under the free MPLv2 license.