[tor-talk] Invaded by disconnect.me

[spencerone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi,

> gary02121993:
> Oh man this sucks! Why isn't StartPage the default search engine 
> anyway?
> Can someone link me the back story?
> Thanks!

You might find value in this:

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> > > > intrigeri:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > we're in the process of upgrading Tor Browser to 4.5 in Tails, and
> > > > I noticed the migration to Disconnect Search as the default search
> > > > engine. That's the kind of changes that we often have to justify in
> > > > face of users and auditors, but I wasn't able to find the rationale
> > > > behind this decision on the corresponding ticket.
> > > >
> > > > I see the release announcement says:
> > > >
> > > > "Disconnect provides private Google search results to Tor users
> > > > without Captchas or bans."
> > >
> > > Georg:
> > >
> > > Startpage was not happy with our traffic and showed sometimes
> > > CAPTCHAs. Disconnect on the other hand approached us with respect to
> > > search engine traffic and donated some money.
> >
> > intrigeri:
> > So, just to clarify: is that the entire rationale behind this move?
>
> Georg:
> Yes, although the donated money does not really count here. That did 
> not
> influence the decision but I figured it might be good to add this 
> anyway
> for transparency reasons.
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Wordlife,
Spencer

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