Does Everything do any cloud assisted search or does the index ever get sent over the internet?

[Joe7dust]

My main reason for seeking a 3rd party search tool is privacy. I just want to be sure what is on my hard drive (even a list of files/properties/metadata) isn't being saved somewhere online.

[void]

No, never.

Please confirm with netstat -abn:
From a command prompt, run the following command:

• netstat -abn
• This will list all connections for all applications.
• Ensure Everything.exe is never listed.

-or-

Use the Resource Monitor to monitor network activity:

• Open the Task Manager with Ctrl + Shift + ESC.
• Click the Performance tab.
• Click Resource Monitor.
• In the Resource Monitor, click the Network tab.
• Click to open the Network Activity page.
• Ensure Everything.exe is never listed.

By default you should never see any connections in Everything.

Enabling the ETP/FTP server from Tools -> Options -> ETP/FTP may open a connection.
Enabling the HTTP server from Tools -> Options -> HTTP may open a connection.
Enabling Check for updates on startup -> Tools -> Options -> General may open a connection to download http://www.voidtools.com/everything/update.ini
Everything 1.3 uses sockets to communicate with the Everything Service, theses connections will show up as using the loopback adaptor, which is strictly local connections only. Everything 1.4 or later uses pipes.

http://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/http
http://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/etp
http://www.voidtools.com/update/
http://www.voidtools.com/privacy/