Your message dated Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:20:55 +0100
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and subject line Closing
has caused the Debian Bug report #405370,
regarding mozilla-browser: mozilla google-search sourceid is a privacy issue
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Package: mozilla-browser
Version: 2:1.6-5
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
The google search functionality when entering search terms in the
location bar sends the following url to google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=<query>&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Note the "sourceid=mozilla-search" parameter: it tells Google that I am
searching with Mozilla.
Even though I love Mozilla and Google I consider this a privacy issue,
since this parameter cannot be removed or suppressed. It is hardcoded
into the google.src component.
I attached a patch that removes the sourceid trickery.
Cheers, Bastian
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.5-treasure2
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro
Versions of packages mozilla-browser depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.24 Debian configuration management sy
ii libatk1.0-0 1.4.1-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.3-6 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.2.3-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.2.4-5 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libnspr4 2:1.6-5 Netscape Portable Runtime Library
ii libpango1.0-0 1.2.5-4 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.3-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 4.3.0-7 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0-7 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxp6 4.3.0-7 X Window System printing extension
ii libxt6 4.3.0-7 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii psmisc 21.4-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii xlibs 4.3.0-7 X Window System client libraries m
-- debconf information:
* mozilla/dsp: auto
* mozilla/prefs_note:
--- google.src.orig 2004-04-29 12:54:12.000000000 +0200
+++ google.src 2004-04-29 12:54:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
>
<input name="q" user>
-<input name="sourceid" value="mozilla-search">
<inputnext name="start" factor="10">
<inputprev name="start" factor="10">
<input name="ie" value="utf-8">
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--- Begin Message ---
Tagged as wontfix for a while (for some of them: 8 years), Closing for real.
S
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