Sebastian Hahn schrieb am 10.01.2012 21:24:55
>> 1. Why is Google the default search engine in the TOR browser bundle? > > Because it's the default search engine in Firefox > >> 2. Does TOR get money from Google >> a) for using Google as the default search engine? > > No. > >> b) in general? > > Google sponsors the Google Summer of Code, and gives 500$ per student > to the mentoring organizations, and also pays some amount of money for > mentors to travel to the summit (only to cover transportation expenses). > Tor has participated in the program in the past, and probably will > again if accepted. In the past, I believe the work on Thandy was > (partially?) sponsored by Google, but that there's no current contract. > > Andrew might be able to tell you more. Thank you very much for your detailed answer. What about changing the default search engines for the bundle? As far as I can see that would only mean to put in other XML files and change one line in a config file. Would that be an option? _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk