This has not been fixed.
Go to about:startpage or about:home and search from there. Notice how the
search still doesn't use HTTPS:
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Released => Triaged
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/978444
Title:
HTTPS is not used for Google searches
Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
about:home and about:startpage does not use HTTPS which results in the
communication being insecure and allows usage tracking and
surveillance by a attacker as well as man-in-the-middle attacks.
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