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For example, just this morning someone paid $10 for an album after Googling lelia broussard torrent. A bit later, a fan plunked down $17 after searching for mur
by NE0313 15y ago
For example, just this morning someone paid $10 for an album after Googling lelia broussard torrent.
A bit later, a fan plunked down $17 after searching for murder by death, skeletons in the closet, mediafire.
Where do they get this data?
- ars 15y agoFrom the referer header. If someone clicks from google the search fields are transmitted in the referrer. If this bothers you, use duckduckgo.com which has a special bounce-page to hide this info.
- ohgodthecat 15y agoOr use https search, google doesn't even require you to go to encrypted.google.com [1] [1] https://www.google.com/ https://www.google.com/
- spindritf 15y agoWon't the referrer still be sent if the target site is available over SSL?
- ComputerGuru 15y agoYes, but the referrer will only be google.com. Google SSL uses POST for the search query parameters, so the referrer URI w/ GET parameters will not leak your search terms.
- spindritf 15y ago> If this bothers you, use duckduckgo.com which has a special bounce-page to hide this info. Or something like RefControl http://www.stardrifter.org/refcontrol/ http://www.stardrifter.org/refcontrol/ for Firefox and control what and to whom you send.