On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:26:38 +0100 "5...@gmx.de" <5...@gmx.de> wrote: > 1. Why is Google the default search engine in the TOR browser bundle?
Because it's the default engine in firefox. We use the firefox source code as the base of Tor Browser. Also, the majority of users want google as their default engine due to the quality of search results. The secondary default for search engines is DuckDuckGo if Google prompts for a captcha. > 2. Does TOR get money from Google > a) for using Google as the default search engine? > b) in general? We get zero money from Google for search. The only Google money we get is roughly $3000 from Google Summer of Code for every year we're accepted. Tor/EFF GSoC students get a separate stipend if accepted, directly from Google. Instead of theorizing about Tor's funding, look at it directly, https://www.torproject.org/about/financials.html.en. All non-profit, 501c3 organizations in the US are required to disclose their financials. If someone tells you they "acquired" tor's financials, it means they downloaded it off our page or asked us for them directly. For a bonus, Tor publishes everything about our financials, including the optional documents such as our audit results and State of Massachusetts filings. They are a year behind generally, because it takes 6-8 months for the auditors to get through everything to their satisfaction. We expect our 2011 financial statements to be released in July or August of 2012. -- Andrew http://tpo.is/contact pgp 0x74ED336B _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk