[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:          
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   Points:               |   Actualpoints:          
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Comment(by joebt):

 Replying to [comment:6 phobos]:
 > "startpage and ixquick are the same thing. ixquick just queries google
 these days. "

 No, they're different.  Ixquick is a metacrawler and Start Page is a
 google scraper, just like Duck Duck Go.  Start Page is run by Ixquick
 folks, but they don't use the same sources for search results.

 I believe SOME Tor (TBB) users don't know "how to manipulate" the browser.
 Adding a search engine is as easy as adding bookmarks - not manipulating.
 The ones calling are those that don't know much.  People that know their
 way around don't call support for ANY product much, by comparison.

 If Google search is left out, ANYone can get it easily.  If they're too
 clueless to add a search engine, they have worse problems & Tor's not
 going to protect them from themselves.  You can only idiot proof something
 so much.

 For anonymity's sake, I don't know how smart it would be to tell "the
 clueless" that Firefox Help from Mozilla works the same on Aurora, but
 they can get help there.  Could force a readme file to open on Aurora's
 1st start (no opt out) w/ some basic info.  If they choose to close w/o
 reading, that's their problem.

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