Google and Youtube as search suggestions #25
Description
We got an anonymous user message, that we would like to answer here.
A user wondered why despite the high privacy standard we aim, Google and YouTube appear as search suggestions when opening a new tab. When opening a new tab or making a search, three popular sites are suggested. These sites are a local copy of the 1M most popular websites of the moment. These suggestions are therefore generated locally on the device and don't rely on any outgoing connection. The offline list is updated along with all other offline lists (phishing sites, tracking sites, etc.). Since google.com and youtube.com are currently in the top three of the most visited sites, they appear when opening a new tab.
By the way: Search suggestion can be turned off in "SnowHaze" -> "Local Site Suggestions".