Google Launches Encrypted Web Search, by Barry Schwartz, Search Engine Land (May 21)
As privacy is being violated every which way on the Internet even by Google, Google has introduced the encrypted search.
"Google’s introduced a new “secure” encrypted version of its search." - to be found at https://www.google.com/
It's not a 100% private - only the search part - and not your history - "... this is not a private search interface in that Google will continue to store your search history, as they do with normal web search, and your search history will be available in your Google account login area."
More - Encrypted Search Arrives From Google, The Next Web (May 21)
Postscript (May 23) Benefits of Google Encrypted Search, Tom Bradley, PC World (May 22)
"The most obvious benefit is that searches can't be intercepted. But, for businesses there is another feature of the encrypted Google search which has an even more relevant and directly applicable benefit. Searches conducted via Google encrypted search are not archived in history and won't appear in the autofill during a subsequent search. ..."
"The beta of Google's encrypted search only works with the core search functionality--not Images, or Videos, or Maps, etc. It also doesn't keep the browser history clear of URL's that are entered directly (as opposed to via a Google search). Perhaps an even more secure solution is to use the encrypted Google search from within an InPrivate Browsing session on Internet Explorer 8."
Posted by Gwen at May 22, 2010 01:36 AM