set Qwant as the default for Tor Windows (German & France)

[kjozwiak]

Description

Qwant needs to be used as the default search engine for Tor Window for users using France/Germany as their region. We currently set Qwant as the default for everything but Tor Window.

Steps to Reproduce

Assumes you're using Windows and have the following prerequisites:

• change the Country or region via the Region & Language settings to France
• ensure that France is set as the Home Location via Region under Control Panel
• Download/Install the Francais (France) language via Language under Region & Language settings
• Restart the machine/VM

Once the above has been completed, you can follow:

1. ensure that you're launching brave from a brand new profile
2. once launched, you should notice that Qwant is being used for regular tabs/windows and Incognito
3. open a Tor Window using Profile menu -> Open Tor Window

You'll notice that DDG is being used and not Qwant.

Actual result:

Expected result:

France/German regions should be using Qwant globally, including Tor Window which is using DDG.

Reproduces how often:

100% reproducible using the above STR.

Brave version (chrome://version info)

Brave	0.55.12 Chromium: 70.0.3538.45 (Official Build) beta(64-bit)
Revision	cbdc32e4334458954e9def214d7e5fa1ca1960eb-refs/branch-heads/3538@{#830}
OS	Mac OS X

Reproducible on current release:

• Does it reproduce on brave-browser dev/beta builds?

Yes, reproduced using both dev and beta builds:

Brave	0.56.2 Chromium: 70.0.3538.35 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
Revision	28dcb499844fa40c28d5f62e337876cb936f79f5-refs/branch-heads/3538@{#678}
OS	Mac OS X

Brave	0.55.12 Chromium: 70.0.3538.45 (Official Build) beta(64-bit)
Revision	cbdc32e4334458954e9def214d7e5fa1ca1960eb-refs/branch-heads/3538@{#830}
OS	Mac OS X

• Does it reproduce on browser-laptop?

Nope, works on b-l but the Tor implementations differ between the two.

[riastradh-brave]

blocked on #1607

[srirambv]

Verification Passed on

Brave	0.55.17 Chromium: 70.0.3538.67 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision	9ab0cfab84ded083718d3a4ff830726efd38869f-refs/branch-heads/3538@{#1002}
OS	Linux

• Verified default search engine for France is Qwant
  
• Verified default search engine for Germany is Qwant
  

Verification Passed on

Brave	0.55.17 Chromium: 70.0.3538.67 (Official Build) (32-bit)
Revision	9ab0cfab84ded083718d3a4ff830726efd38869f-refs/branch-heads/3538@{#1002}
OS	Windows

• Verified the steps mentioned in the issue set Qwant as the default for Tor Windows (German & France) #1514

Verified passed with

Brave	0.55.17 Chromium: 70.0.3538.67 (Offizieller Build) (64-Bit)
Überarbeitung	9ab0cfab84ded083718d3a4ff830726efd38869f-refs/branch-heads/3538@{#1002}
Betriebssystem	Mac OS X

• Verified STR from description for both France and Germany

[davidrenne]

I dont fully understand this issue, I just want TOR tabs to be able to set the country of origin. Is this possible in brave?

[bsclifton]

Hi @davidrenne - this issue is tracking that folks in Germany or France will have Qwant as the default search engine when they open a Tor window and then do a search in the omnibox

When you have a Tor window open, you can verify it's working by visiting:
https://check.torproject.org/

I'm not sure of a reliable way to know where the exit is. But you can request a new circuit using Hamburger menu and picking New Tor connection for this Site

[davidrenne]

No what im trying to ask is, I want the ability for Brave to be able to edit my torrc file

/Users/davidrenne/Library/Application Support/TorBrowser-Data/Tor/torrc

Is the path to edit this file in the Tor browser.

I want something in the GUI of the config or want to know how to edit this file in Brave's system.

I like adding only USA servers in TOR via this config.

ExitNodes {us} StrictNodes 1

I can create a new ticket on this, or maybe you can help me find the path of the torrc file in Brave. I am new to tor clients as well, but initially it was frustrating being in different countries IPs websites block traffic from random countries your IP ends up going in. You know?

[tildelowengrimm]

@davidrenne That's not what this issue is about. We don't currently have plans to implement the feature you describe for a variety of reasons.

[davidrenne]

@davidrenne That's not what this issue is about. We don't currently have plans to implement the feature you describe for a variety of reasons.

Yea I knew it wasnt what this issue was about, I was just trying to get any answers about the tor support for geeky stuff like ExitNodes etc.

Thanks for the replies.