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Re: [tor-bugs] #4902 [Tor Browser]: Change the default search engine in TBB
#4902: Change the default search engine in TBB
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Reporter: phobos | Owner: mikeperry
Type: enhancement | Status: needs_review
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Tor Browser | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by mikeperry):
Replying to [comment:19 m]:
> The attachment for google.is does not actually search google.is
> > <Url type="application/x-suggestions+json" method="GET"
template="http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?output=firefox&client=firefox&hl={moz:locale}&q={searchTerms}"/>
</Url>
We disable search suggest in TBB, but we should probably make this
consistent anyways.
> I strongly disagree with using google.ca or google.is. I sincerely doubt
that Google cannot link a person logged in to googlemail.com to a search
on google.ca or google.is by IP, browser fingerprinting and/ or other
means. I object to adding google.is as default after so many postings pro
DDG and against Google. And I would like to ask in what way Islandic law
regulates Google?
The choice of google.is over google.com is made primarily because of the
design properties of Tor Browser that cause google.is to be isolated from
google.com in terms of identifiers and fingerprinting.
See:
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#identifier-
linkability and
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#fingerprinting-
linkability
The high level design goals that drove these properties are here:
https://www.torproject.org/torbutton/en/design/#requirements
There are some edge cases that can still cause issues (see the
"Implementation Status" sections), most notably top-level redirects.
However, I intend to fix those issues in the 2.3.x series. If there are
other issues you are aware of that aren't covered in that design document,
please file a bug.
As for who gets the default position, my current inclination is
startpage.com because of Google-quality results without the captchas, all
things being equal. I'm not sure we're ready to make a definitive decision
between startpage and DDG yet, though.
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