> does anybody have more information on what that URL is for? Many years ago, Google Search existed only on http:// http:// and schools used filters to block s

> does anybody have more information on what that URL is for? Many years ago, Google Search existed only on http:// http:// and schools used filters to block searches that they didn't like. Then Google shipped https:// https:// for search on www.google.com, upset the schools because they could no longer block just some searches, then moved encrypted search to encrypted.google.com so that the entire domain could be blocked: https://cloud.googleblog.com/2010/06/an-update-on-encrypted-web-search-in.html https://cloud.googleblog.com/2010/06/an-update-on-encrypted-...