Comment 13 for bug 405350

I'm sorry, but I fail to see how this is a trust-breach.
The results are provided by Google, and there is Ubuntu branding around the search to make it clear that Ubuntu is somehow involved in the search.
There are many reasons for us to host this page, and none of them violate any trust. People's information is secure, and they are sent to google. No extra cookies are being set, and there's nothing surprising about google custom search, it's just a convenience to provide what we (and google) consider more relevant search results, and track a commercial agreement between Canonical and different search providers.

You are absolutely free to change the default home page to whatever you feel most comfortable with.