I am no expert on this topic but I think HTTPS prevents ISPs from seeing the complete URL you've entered. For instance, if Wikipedia were http only your ISP wo

I am no expert on this topic but I think HTTPS prevents ISPs from seeing the complete URL you've entered. For instance, if Wikipedia were http only your ISP would see that you visited http://en.wikipedia.com/really-bad-disease http://en.wikipedia.com/really-bad-disease whereas a https url would only reveal that you visited Wikipedia.