Using encrypted Google search
If you want to test Google’s new encrypted search, go to https://www.google.com instead of the regular http://www.google.com (note the “s” in https).
You will see the familiar Google home page logo with SSL at the top.
Google notes that SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a protocol that helps provide secure Internet communications for services like web browsing, e-mail, instant messaging, and other data transfers.
When you search over SSL, your search queries and search traffic are encrypted so they can’t be read by employers and internet service providers.
Google SSL also turns off the referrer information in your browser, meaning you provide less information to the destination site you visit. The site you go to cannot see the search engine query you used at Google to find them (unless they are using cookies to track this information).
Google SSL may be a little slower than the regular search. It does not support map and image search yet.
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