Browser Tells DuckDuckGo I'm using Trisquel?
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When I search using the default DuckDuckGo search in both Abrowser & GNU IceCat, an HTML GET query is sent. This is what is added to the URL: "&t=trisquel". Has anyone else noticed this? I know many search engines do things like this to gather statistics on OS usage, but I didn't think DuckDuckGo would. And why on earth do these two privacy oriented browsers provide this?
You can manually add the HTML DDG search engine and use that to avoid this being sent.
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callmeclean, that is not the case here. I tried with Iceweasel (debian) and I have javascript disabled.
I remember this "issue" from my Xubuntu days and if I remember correctly it had to do with a firefox extension, namely *xul-ext-ubufox*. I may be wrong. Probably am wrong.
That tag is an indicator for some sort of revenue sharing, if I'm not mistaken.
You are not. DuckDuckGo became Abrowser's default search engine in late 2011 (Trisquel 5). Quidam (Trisquel's leader) explained in https://trisquel.info/en/issues/4782 why:
They offered us half of the profits generated by searches done with our browsers as long as DDG is kept as the default search engine.
Trisquel is, by default, mentioned in the URL for that reason. But DuckDuckGo promises us not to save anything in a personally identifiable way: https://duckduckgo.com/privacy
@SuperTramp83 I don't have that extension. I have also tried this on a fresh install before I add any extensions to either browser, and the result is the same.
@onpon4 I wouldn't even mind having it sent if it helped get some funding for Trisquel, I just wish these browsers told you & it was opt-in.
@root_vegetable & CalmStorm I can't say I understand the appeal of searx over DDG. I appreciate and like that the software itself is free, but it's still being run on someone else's machines which I have no control over just like DDG. So long as I'm not looking into hosting a search engine myself, DDG offers me the same freedom. Some might put a higher priority on supporting services that run free software, which is respectable.
I shall try and raise it with the developers (Abrowser is from Trisquel team ain't it?) soon.
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>I can't say I understand the appeal of searx over DDG. I appreciate and like that the software itself is free, but it's still being run on someone else's machines which I have no control over just like DDG. So long as I'm not looking into hosting a search engine myself, DDG offers me the same freedom. Some might put a higher priority on supporting services that run free software, which is respectable.
Another plus may be the fact that searx.me and many other instances have their servers outside of the NSA, err sorry.. I meant USA, so they are not subject to the yankee (lack of) law. But you are right on one thing: you have no control over none of them.
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