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    Google Will Soon Encrypt All Your Searches


    Posted: 18 Oct 2011
    If the idea of sending your shady search queries into the ether makes you a little nervous, Google is coming to the rescue with a plan to encrypt searches. In the next few weeks, users that are signed into their Google account will automatically be directed to the HTTPS search page for secure searches.
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    Maximum PC | Google Will Soon Encrypt All Your Searches
    Brink's Avatar Posted By: Brink
    18 Oct 2011



  1. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #1

    If I understand that correctly, rubes like me who just do searches from Google.com will not have searches encrypted? I think I have some sort of a Google account but haven't logged into it in a year or two---and probably would not just to search.
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  2. Posts : 195
    Windows 7
       #2

    Here's the link if you want to make a shortcut, or set it up in your browser: Google SSL beta
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  3. Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
       #3

    Not before time. It's a pain to have to remember to use HTTPS.
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  4. Posts : 11
    Xp/Vista/Win7 x86 x64
       #4

    Https


    web filters will not work any more,
    filters don't work on SSL
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  5. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #5

    https://duckduckgo.com already encrypted, you are slow Google.
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  6. Posts : 925
    Windows 10 Pro
       #6

    Sure the Internet is helpful, but I'm slowly finding it stupid. Honest.
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  7. Posts : 568
    Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, OSX El Capitan, Windows 10 (VMware)
       #7

    kado897 said:
    Not before time. It's a pain to have to remember to use HTTPS.
    Not if you use HTTPS Everywhere for Firefox, it'll switch to https when available; like Google search...
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  8. Posts : 568
    Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, OSX El Capitan, Windows 10 (VMware)
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    yzcderf said:
    web filters will not work any more,
    filters don't work on SSL
    And that would be bad why?
    Seriously...
    Most of the web filtering solution nowadays can terminate SSL connection for the purpose of filtering web content.
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  9. Posts : 406
    windows7 Ultimate SP1 x32bit
       #9

    Ya Google start this process last 19th.
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