Re: [tor-talk] Google as default search engine revisited

[Maxim Kammerer <mk@xxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 23:31, Javier Bassi <javierbassi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> But looking at this with a different angle. Google search performance
> over Tor is horrible. Google instant (a so called "feature" that makes
> a request with each letter you type  and starts giving you results
> before you finished typing what you want to search)

Google can also potentially use its “suggest” feature (on which
“instant” is based) to deanonymize users:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke_dynamics. In this sense, users'
arguable preference for Google products can be construed as a reason
to *not* use Google as a default search engine in privacy-oriented
products. I doubt that Google uses keystroke dynamics at the moment,
but one should always remember this corporation's official position of
disregarding user privacy:

— People are treating Google like their most trusted friend. Should
they? (Mario Bartiromo, CNBC)
— If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you
shouldn't be doing it in the first place. (Eric Schmidt, Google CEO)
[Dec. 3, 2009]

-- 
Maxim Kammerer
Liberté Linux (discussion / support: http://dee.su/liberte-contribute)
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