Company Announces Shutdown of Leta Search Proxy Service on November 27, 2025
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Summary
The company is shutting down its search proxy service called Leta on November 27, 2025. Leta served as a privacy proxy for search by pooling and caching user requests. The decision is due to significant changes in the search industry that would make Leta less useful over time. The company states that similar privacy benefits can now be achieved through VPNs and privacy-focused browsers, and they will focus on advancing development in those areas instead.
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Leta's primary benefit was that it acted as a privacy proxy for search. Pooling and caching requests on behalf of a great number of users.
The search industry continues to undergo big changes. Leta will not be able to follow and will likely become less useful over time.
Similar privacy can be achieved through the combination of a VPN and a privacy-focused browser.
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