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ISPs can presumably correlate the Google query string with the request following the response to the goto and so make a search index? I guess they would charge
by pbhjpbhj 23d ago
ISPs can presumably correlate the Google query string with the request following the response to the goto and so make a search index? I guess they would charge too much.
Do any large ISPs use visit data to feed into a search index?
- TZubiri 23d agoISPs do not see query strings since Google uses HTTPS. ISPs can only see the domain and IP address you are connecting to.
- zenoprax 23d agoCan they even see the domain? Assuming you're not using the ISP's DNS of course.
- vhcr 23d agoUnless you're using DNS over HTTPS they can see the unencrypted DNS traffic. There's also Encrypted Client Hello, but they can also see which IP you're connecting to.
- dwedge 23d agoAlso if the domain responds on the bare IP or there's nothing else they've seen on that IP it's a fair assumption. This is without even wondering if their router sends telemetry
- TZubiri 22d agoTelemetry isn't a concept that would apply to a router. The information that your router sends, they send to an ISP controlled router, they receive this information for operational purposes, so they don't need to install some client-device application to further collect data.
- TZubiri 23d agoMost people use the ISP DNS, but even if they don't, the Domain to IP is public information. There's even a reverse pointer query that can be made to get a domain to IP from a legacy ARPA TLD, although it isn't 100% robust.
- pbhjpbhj 23d agoDoh, of course.