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bug#25717: 25.1.1; "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specifi
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Andrew Robbins |
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bug#25717: 25.1.1; "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a specific search engine |
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Mon, 13 Feb 2017 23:29:32 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
The ERC variable "erc-button-google-url" should not refer to a
specific search engine in its name and certainly not a
privacy-disrespecting one at that in a GNU program[1].
I would suggest renaming the variable to something more generic
such as "erc-button-web-search-url" or "erc-button-search-url"
and changing the default value from
"http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" to any of the following (or
similar) at the developers' preference:
* "http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s"
* "http://www.startpage.com/do/search?cat=web&query=%s"
* "http://www.ixquick.com/do/search?cat=web&query=%s"
* "http://search.yacy.net/yacysearch/index.html?query=%s" (requires javascript)
[1] https://stallman.org/google.html
Cordially,
Andrew Robbins
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