[tbb-bugs] #25992 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Should Tor Browser use DuckDuckGo's onion (hidden) service instead of their normal website as the default search engine?

Tue May 1 17:58:28 UTC 2018

#25992: Should Tor Browser use DuckDuckGo's onion (hidden) service instead of their
normal website as the default search engine?
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 Reporter:  nsuchy                    |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:  duplicate
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Changes (by cypherpunks):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => duplicate

Comment:

 Duplicate #21483

 The basic problem here is that the TB folks don't know if DDG's Onion can
 handle the load from such a switch.

 See also #24379 for a lower impact proposal.

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