Thanks Joe for the info. Yes, I *do* know how to remove search engines, including the method you described. However, I was suggesting that Google (and probably some of the other defaults) be not in the TBB to begin with, or at least not the default. I believe this would make TBB more consistent in providing a private browsing experience.
Joe Btfsplk <joebtfs...@gmx.com> 於 2011/11/1 10:13 寫道： > On 10/30/2011 8:05 PM, Advrk Aplmrkt wrote: >> Hello, >> It occurred to me that the recent version of the Tor Browser Bundle >> uses Google as its default search engine. >> However, as we all know very well, Google actively tracks its users. >> Despite the fact the the whole point of Tor, and indeed the >> functionality the Tor Browser provides, improves anonymity, would it >> be better to switch to another default search engine? This may be >> DuckDuckGo, Scroogle, or others.... >> Thanks! > > Of course, you can always del the Google search plugin from TBB folder "Tor > Browser\FirefoxPortable\App\Firefox\searchplugins." > > When I type in search term in w/ Google selected as current search engine in > TBB, ON THE * 1ST SEARCH ATTEMPT * w/ Google selected in search engine box, > it pops up a msg saying, "Torbutton has detected a Google captcha. Would you > like to be redirected to another search engine for this query?" - as has been > Tor behavior for long time. There's also a box to make this action > permanent. > > *** BUT, on a 2nd SEARCH, w/ Google still selected as search engine, TBB does > NOT show the screen, asking if you'd like to redirect to another search > engine. SEEMS like a BUG. I tried various ways to get TBB to present the > "do you want to redirect to another search engine" again, after the 1st > search in a session, but couldn't get it to (if didn't check "make this > permanent"). Not sure why developers leave Google search in, but the search > plugins listed below are default ones in Firefox. > > In my version of TBB, chooses to redirect from a Google captcha, > automatically offers duckduckgo, when in about:config, because the DEFAULT > setting for redirect engine to use is: extensions.torbutton.google_redir_url > * 5,* meaning the DEFAULT selection for redirection is # 5 url (duckduckgo, > in my case), not url 1 (Ixquick). Other than developers choice, no idea why > # 5 url (duckduckgo) is selected by default. The pop up screen to redirect > should really give users options to choose from the several alternate search > engines. AFAIK, only way now is to alter about:config entry: > extensions.torbutton.google_redir_url 5 to a values corresponding to the > search engine desired. > > I'd rather they not make Google the default selected search engine. Make > Google searches an opt in vs opt out. > In TBB about: config, browser.default.searchenginename is set = Google. Not > sure why. > > Looking at included search plugins in TBB 2.2.34, search plugins included by > default are Amazon, Ebay, Bing, Google, Wikipedia, Yahoo. You can del them > from the searchplugins folder, or just not use them. Ixquick (which for a > while was the one Tor redirected Google searches to) is another that doesn't > log users' searches. > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ixquick-https-privacy-search-e/?src=search > > Ixquick, Scroogle, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia are all available in SSL / HTTPS > plugins from Mozilla. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
