DID
Decentralised Identifiers
A username that nobody can take from you.
The short version: you bring your own username. Argand never owns it.
Privacy is not a setting
When the query ends, Argand lets it end.
Argand should work without building a file on you. Five sections, each covering one part of the promise — and each one auditable.
On privacy
Privacy is not a setting.
Anonymous searches leave with the request. Argand does not keep a search history, build a profile of you, or remember yesterday's question so it can shape today's answer.
Anonymous searches end with the request
No query logs, no record of what you searched for.
You own your identity
Sign in with an identity you control, keep data in storage you can move.
Contextual ads only
Ads match the query, not a profile of you.
No cross-site tracking
Argand loads its own code. No analytics pixels, no third-party tracking scripts.
Telemetry is narrow and documented
Anonymous click signals improve rankings. Scope is documented and auditable.
Your data is not for sale
Not the business model, and it never will be.
Audit this page
What you can verify right now.
This landing page already follows the rules. Open DevTools and check.
- 0 Third-party scripts. CSP refuses any script not served from argand.org. Check the Network tab.
- 0 Cookies. No analytics cookies means no consent banner. Check Application > Storage.
- 0 Tracking beacons. No third-party analytics or advertising beacons on this page.
Identity, explained
Your identity. Your data. You can leave with both.
Open standards replace Argand-controlled logins. You own the username, you own the storage, and nothing is locked in.
Pod
Solid Pods
Your personal cloud storage, but actually yours.
The short version: your settings live in your storage. Argand is a tenant.
First in line
Want a heads-up when accounts open?
Accounts on open standards (Solid + DIDs) ship after launch. This list is separate from the general newsletter.
How Argand pays the bills
Ads belong beside the results, not above them.
One slot, in the left column. The best organic result still wins.
Sponsored result One slot, in the left column. Turning it off changes nothing in the organic list.
- The food-lab guide to the crispiest roast potatoes
seriouseats.com
Par-boil in salted water, shake the pot to rough the surface, roast hot in beef dripping or duck fat.
- BBC Good Food: ultimate roast potatoes
bbcgoodfood.com
Maris Piper or King Edward, goose fat, 200°C. The one people actually link to at Christmas.
The AI-era threat nobody talks about
Safer software, by design.
When an AI assistant invents the name of a package that doesn't exist, an attacker can publish malware under that exact name before anyone notices. Argand defends against this in five layers.
Here is the new attack. An AI coding assistant confidently suggests a code package whose name does not actually exist. An attacker rushes to publish malware under that exact name, so the next person who trusts the suggestion installs it. Argand blocks this in layers.
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