Google to offer encrypted search
17-05-2010, 01:05
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Re: Google to offer encrypted search
I shall use this, while wearing my tinfoil hat.
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17-05-2010, 03:26
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Re: Google to offer encrypted search
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I don't think there is a legitimate reason that the average consumer would want https protected searches.
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I can think of one good reason. You are doing web searches on a public/work computer and you want privacy. Let's hope they enable post requests on HTTPS instead of get requests that display the query string in thr URL. Otherwise I agree, it does seem completely pointless.
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17-05-2010, 04:00
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Re: Google to offer encrypted search
TBH, it never occured to me until now that google didnt allow https already.
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17-05-2010, 07:36
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Re: Google to offer encrypted search
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TBH, it never occured to me until now that google didnt allow https already.
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It does on its mail if you tick the box.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...l&answer=74765
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17-05-2010, 11:06
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Re: Google to offer encrypted search
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Originally Posted by Frank
I can think of one good reason. You are doing web searches on a public/work computer and you want privacy. Let's hope they enable post requests on HTTPS instead of get requests that display the query string in thr URL. Otherwise I agree, it does seem completely pointless.
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Even if you are doing a web search on a public or work computer, as soon as you go to an HTTP site, the security offered by the HTTPS search page is removed. Unless they are going to protect their cached results as well, and you only use those.
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