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IE and other browsers configured to use Bing have done this for a while. I discovered it while packet sniffing for something else and seeing HTTP requests for t
by edwhitesell 11y ago
IE and other browsers configured to use Bing have done this for a while. I discovered it while packet sniffing for something else and seeing HTTP requests for the things I was typing in the Address Bar.
I can't say I'm surprised, though saddened, to see this elsewhere in the OS.
- hirsin 11y agoAnything that uses web-supported auto-complete (your browsers, for one, regardless of search engine) must do this. There's literally no other way to ask the internet "What are the possible endings/meanings of what I've typed" without providing what you've typed, letter by letter. Text correction doesn't require hitting the web, but learning about how people make typos does require some targeted data collection (typing followed by deletion and retyping, likely)
- JupiterMoon 11y agoSo does chrome. How do you think they do search suggestions whilst you type? This is why Firefox retained separate search and URL bars...