Firefox search app silently logs Firefox address bar searches

Post by annoying_tech » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 11:04 AM UTC

arcfor wrote: post #17

magicalist wrote: post #14

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> AFAIK, it only allows Google Mine defaults to Yahoo, which is exactly what you'd expect from the Firefox Search app. It's just a launcher intent that was registered when you installed Firefox. Here's the help article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-firefox-instantl... According to the bottom box on that page, your search history should have been cleared from the steps you took. Sounds like a bug. edit:…

I'm on a Verizon HTC M8 running Android 4.4.4. Mine only allows Google.

Post by chimeracoder » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 12:58 PM UTC

arcfor wrote: post #26

Niten wrote: post #25

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It uses whatever search engine you have configured in Firefox. When I tried it a minute ago on my Nexus, this defaulted to Yahoo. This is unequivocally Mozilla code you're observing. Here's what adb logcat shows when that activity starts: I/ActivityManager(29188): START u0 {act=android.intent.action.ASSIST flg=0x13000000 cmp=org.mozilla.firefox/org.mozilla.search.SearchActivity (has extras)}

Not for me. Mine only allows Google. Maybe because I'm using a custom default search engine? If so, it should just use my custom one, and should obviously give me a choice regardless.

Post by arcfor » Mon, Mar 16, 2015, 5:49 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #34

throwawayaway wrote: post #32

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this is my first time flagging a topic, i did so because the title is inaccurate - which i would not have realised without your comment. so, thank you. if the mods could rewrite the heading that would be great. i was expecting a "don't be evil" style debate in here.

Ok, we changed the title from "Google Search app silently logs Firefox address bar searches".