I want to build a full-featured web search engine that never tracks, profiles, or even remembers a single thing about its users. Privacy protection, no data storage, and a completely free-to-use service are non-negotiable cornerstones of this project. What matters most is verifiable privacy. Every request must pass through the stack without creating a persistent record—no IP logs, no query logs, no hidden analytics. If data must exist briefly for technical reasons, it should be wiped automatically and provably within seconds. Functionally I still need everything people expect from a modern engine: crawl, index, rank, and present results at speed. I’m open to creative architecture choices—self-hosted clusters, hybrid APIs, or privacy-hardened cloud instances—as long as the finished product meets the zero-data standard. Key deliverables • A crawler and indexing pipeline that stores only the data necessary to serve results, never user identifiers. • A search API and front-end UI that operate over HTTPS with strong TLS, HSTS, and no third-party calls. • Source code, build scripts, and deployment docs that can pass an independent audit for “no logging / no tracking.” • A concise privacy white-paper describing exactly how user anonymity is preserved. Acceptance criteria • External audit or reproducible test showing no personally identifiable information is written to disk or transmitted to analytics endpoints. • All components run successfully in a clean container or VM, reproducible via the provided scripts. • Real-world benchmark: first-page results delivered in under 600 ms for a 1-million-page test index. I am not interested in ad targeting, data resale, or paywalls. The end goal is a genuinely free service that proves the internet can respect people’s rights. If your engineering mindset aligns with that mission, let’s make it happen.