SearchHijacking/TestPlan
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Search Hijacking
Feature | Status | Lead Engineer | QA Lead | Status |
Search Hijacking | OK | Gavin Sharp | Paul Silaghi | In progress |
Summary
- 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".
- With the increase in search hijacking and it's negative effect on user choice and control, Mozilla is looking into ways to help users defend themselves.
Reference
- Design and infrastructure:
- bug 718088 - offer to re-set keyword.URL if it has a non-default value
- bug 724145 - telemetry for search hijacking
Use Cases to Test
- Basic Functional Testing
- Edge Cases
Test Cases
- A list of test cases for this feature can be found here: Test Cases
Important bugs
- bug 738804 - back out keyword.URL prompting changes
- bug 736878 - keyword.URL reset prompt doesn't properly re-set prefs if default engine is modified