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{{FeatureStatus | {{FeatureStatus | ||
|Feature name=Enhancements to help mitigate search hijacking | |Feature name=Enhancements to help mitigate search hijacking | ||
|Feature stage= | |Feature stage=On hold | ||
|Feature status= | |Feature status=In progress | ||
|Feature status note=We had to back this out of FF13. Next steps TBD. | |||
|Feature status note= | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{FeatureTeam | {{FeatureTeam | ||
|Feature product manager=Asa Dotzler | |Feature product manager=Asa Dotzler | ||
|Feature feature manager=Sheila Mooney | |Feature feature manager=Sheila Mooney | ||
|Feature lead engineer=Gavin Sharp | |Feature lead engineer=Gavin Sharp | ||
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|Feature localization lead=N/A | |Feature localization lead=N/A | ||
|Feature accessibility lead=N/A | |Feature accessibility lead=N/A | ||
|Feature qa lead= | |Feature qa lead=Paul Silaghi | ||
|Feature ux lead=Alex Limi | |Feature ux lead=Alex Limi | ||
|Feature product marketing lead=Laura Mesa | |Feature product marketing lead=Laura Mesa | ||
|Feature operations lead=N/A | |||
|Feature additional members=Cheng Wang | |Feature additional members=Cheng Wang | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{FeaturePageBody | {{FeaturePageBody | ||
|Feature open issues and risks=Some concerns about prompt affecting partners and relationships. Asa on point to discuss with Kev and reach agreement on whether or not to keep it in FF13 | |Feature open issues and risks=Some concerns about prompt affecting partners and relationships. We have everything implemented but may decide to leave on trunk for an additional cycle or tweak the prompt to make it less annoying. Asa on point to discuss with Kev and reach agreement on whether or not to keep it in FF13 and how we should message this. Put the status=at risk until we get it fully sorted out. | ||
|Feature overview=Web search is a lucrative business and so the search integration points in Web browsers have become a target for add-ons -- from legitimate, to grayware, to malware. The collection of techniques used to circumvent browser search defaults to funnel search revenues to third parties is referred to as "Search hijacking". | |Feature overview=Web search is a lucrative business and so the search integration points in Web browsers have become a target for add-ons -- from legitimate, to grayware, to malware. The collection of techniques used to circumvent browser search defaults to funnel search revenues to third parties is referred to as "Search hijacking". | ||
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** Have a third-party installer set the pref in your profile's prefs.js | ** Have a third-party installer set the pref in your profile's prefs.js | ||
* We will extend this to all languages builds. We thought of doing en-US only at first but see no real reason to do this. | * We will extend this to all languages builds. We thought of doing en-US only at first but see no real reason to do this. | ||
|Feature ux design=See bugs | |Feature ux design=See bugs | ||
|Feature implementation notes=* {{bug|718088}} - offer to re-set keyword.URL if it has a non-default value. | |Feature implementation notes=* {{bug|718088}} - offer to re-set keyword.URL if it has a non-default value. | ||
* {{bug|724145}} - telemetry for search hijacking. | * {{bug|724145}} - telemetry for search hijacking. | ||
* {{bug|738818}} - consolidate Firefox search preferences | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{FeatureInfo | {{FeatureInfo | ||
|Feature priority=P1 | |Feature priority=P1 | ||
|Feature roadmap=Firefox Desktop | |||
|Feature list=Desktop | |||
|Feature engineering team=Desktop front-end | |||
}} | |||
{{FeatureTeamStatus | |||
|Feature security status=sec-review-needed | |||
|Feature security health=Blocked | |||
|Feature security notes={{bug|744957}} | |||
|Feature qa notes=[https://wiki.mozilla.org/SearchHijacking/TestPlan Test Plan] | |||
}} | }} | ||