Bloom filters

[simonacca]

I just discovered this plugin and I very much like it!
Although I am not really keen on sending all the URLs I visit to algolia or other services.

How are you on the idea of using a bloom filter with all hn stories urls, so that the pages the user visits are tested locally for presence in HN, and algolia is contacted only when the test is positive?

[huyz]

I was under the impression that URLs were only sent when you pressed the browser icon.

[simonacca]

How can that be, given that the sidebar toggle button is displayed only when the page visited is on HN?

[huyz]

Oh that's right, I forgot that I had forked this repo and modified it exactly because I had the same fears as you. I added a browser bar icon and I only search on demand. See https://github.com/huyz/hn-sidebar