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I think the issue is more that there's this external service that knows all your google searches.

timr 12y ago
We've been thinking about other ways to do it (e.g. restricting via bloom filter), but ultimately, there's so much content on Omniref that we're going to match most queries for something. It's disabled for incognito mode, and the query data is used only to hit our search index. If this is still an issue for you, we can put a setting in to allow disabling of this feature for privacy.
jewel 12y ago
Right. A good solution would be a bloom filter that ships in the extension of relevant terms.
- timr 12y ago
  We thought about that, but we have a lot of content. Perhaps if we just limited the filter to something like method/class/module/gem names it would work, but even that would hit on so many searches that most would be coming back to us. We'd be restricting the utility of the feature without much gain. That said, we're open to suggestions on how to improve this. We're very respectful of privacy -- omniref is SSL-only, for example, and we don't save anything that could be traced back to a user or an IP.
  - nilved 12y ago
    I don't think a product that depends on reading my search history is ready for release. That's a serious invasion of one's privacy and something that will make lots of people (I would hope most) not consider installing it. Perhaps there could be a way to opt-in specific searches (but is it much different from a bookmark with a keyword in that case?)
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  - virtue3 12y ago
    We understand what you're saying. But you'll have to excuse us if we're still not comfortable with giving you all our information and then having to trust just your word on what you do with the data.
    - timr 12y ago
      Sure, I get it. We'll add a preference in for disabling this, but in the meantime, you vote with your installs. My point is only that we haven't yet thought of a way of implementing this feature that is likely to satisfy you -- but again, we're open to suggestions.
  - brazzledazzle 12y ago
    Can you proxy the searches through something like tor?
krsgoss 12y ago
Perhaps Disconnect search might work with this. Then both Omniref and Google can mind their own business.

timr 12y ago

We've been thinking about other ways to do it (e.g. restricting via bloom filter), but ultimately, there's so much content on Omniref that we're going to match most queries for something. It's disabled for incognito mode, and the query data is used only to hit our search index. If this is still an issue for you, we can put a setting in to allow disabling of this feature for privacy.

jewel 12y ago

Right. A good solution would be a bloom filter that ships in the extension of relevant terms.

timr 12y ago
We thought about that, but we have a lot of content. Perhaps if we just limited the filter to something like method/class/module/gem names it would work, but even that would hit on so many searches that most would be coming back to us. We'd be restricting the utility of the feature without much gain. That said, we're open to suggestions on how to improve this. We're very respectful of privacy -- omniref is SSL-only, for example, and we don't save anything that could be traced back to a user or an IP.
- nilved 12y ago
  I don't think a product that depends on reading my search history is ready for release. That's a serious invasion of one's privacy and something that will make lots of people (I would hope most) not consider installing it. Perhaps there could be a way to opt-in specific searches (but is it much different from a bookmark with a keyword in that case?)
  - deleted 12y ago
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- virtue3 12y ago
  We understand what you're saying. But you'll have to excuse us if we're still not comfortable with giving you all our information and then having to trust just your word on what you do with the data.
  - timr 12y ago
    Sure, I get it. We'll add a preference in for disabling this, but in the meantime, you vote with your installs. My point is only that we haven't yet thought of a way of implementing this feature that is likely to satisfy you -- but again, we're open to suggestions.
- brazzledazzle 12y ago
  Can you proxy the searches through something like tor?

krsgoss 12y ago

Perhaps Disconnect search might work with this. Then both Omniref and Google can mind their own business.