[tor-bugs] #4902 [Tor Browser]: Change the default search engine in TBB

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#4902: Change the default search engine in TBB
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 Reporter:  phobos       |          Owner:  erinn   
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:          
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:          
 Keywords:               |         Parent:          
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:          
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Changes (by strunk):

 * cc: strunk@… (added)


Comment:

 Google is somewhat hostile to Tor users and more than somewhat hostile to
 privacy. DuckDuckGo has made overt efforts to support privacy, and to
 support Tor specifically. We should be embracing DDG. They may not be
 perfect (URI rewriting to add affiliate codes in search results) but they
 are orders of magnitude better than Google for our purposes. The
 transparency DDG has offered into their operation is unprecedented. Having
 a really high quality search engine that runs both a hidden service *and*
 an exit enclave is something TBB should be supporting and driving users to
 by default.

 Please, make this change and make it soon.

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