I'd just like to add that I'm a DuckDuckGo user myself and that I can definitely vouch for the service.
NK On 2013-06-24, at 6:50 PM, Mike Perry <mikepe...@torproject.org> wrote: > Jacob Appelbaum: >> Jillian C. York: >>> +1 >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Cooper Quintin >>> <coo...@radicaldesigns.org>wrote: >>> >>>> Start page also allows you to generate a url that has certain settings, >>>> for example this one ( >>>> https://startpage.com/do/mypage.pl?prf=c2a9ee9b20d61e980b6f6cce7026bc91 >>>> )has safe search turned off and no caching for video and image search >>>> results turned on. It could be useful to put something like this in Tor >>>> Browser to avoid search filtering. >> >> It would be great if this was the default home page. I'd certainly be >> happier with that as the default search engine. > > I don't have anything against porn, and do I strongly believe we should > make it easy for people to search for whatever they want (hence right > now, I like the idea of adding a "Startpage (unfiltered)" omnibox item > rather than changing the default), but I am not sure that I like the > idea of exposing people to porn who are not looking for it. I worry that > changing the default *might* do this. > > > Two things could tip the scales in my mind either way about the default: > > 1. Can anyone provide concrete examples where the image and/or video > filters of Startpage/Google (I think Startpage just uses Google's > filters) have inadvertently censored material that is not porn, and this > error has persisted uncorrected for a significant period of time? > > I think it is important to weigh this against people being provided with > porn results if they are not actually looking for porn -- which is an > important issue of consent, IMO. I am sure there are many Muslim users > of TBB who do not want to see porn at all, and merely want free access > to information. The possibility of subjecting those people to porn > potentially against their will weighs on me a bit.. > > > 2. The converse is that making people in the Islamic world who *are* > looking for porn potentially signal this via their omnibox choice isn't > a great option either, since that choice can leak to disk. I don't think > it is fair to allow these people to potentially subject themselves to > government persecution via this choice. :/ > > > I am open to suggestions on how to balance these concerns. > > > > -- > Mike Perry > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
