[tor-bugs] #33878 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Make URL DuckDuckGo search use POST method (in Safest security level)

Thu Apr 16 16:22:22 UTC 2020

#33878: Make URL DuckDuckGo search use POST method (in Safest security level)
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 Reporter:  kromek                    |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Changes (by boklm):

 * status:  needs_information => new

Comment:

 I can reproduce that in the Safest security level. So we are doing a POST
 query to duckduckgo, which detects that javascript is disabled and
 redirect us to a non-javascript version of the page, but the redirect is
 done with a GET request.

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