[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:  mikeperry   
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:              
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:              
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Comment(by m):

 Replying to [comment:15 cooperq]:
 > I have attached the preceeding two xml files as proposed patches for a
 DDG widget and a google widget that searches through google.is since
 iceland has better privacy law.  If you drop these into
 App/Firefox/searchplugins they should automatically show up in firefox.
 Google.is should also automatically become the default search engine.

 I have attached an XML file for search through the DuckDuckGo TOR hidden
 service. The file added before uses the regular DDG website, not the TOR
 service.
 > <Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="https://duckduckgo.com/">
 <Param name="q" value="{searchTerms}"/> </Url>

 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>

 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?

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