Re:DuckDuckGo Searches Are Not Anonymous
by dzohrob on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @03:43PM
(#1362092)
Except if the same user clicked through to a result, the server of the result page would receive the same referrer header w/ the DuckDuckGo query in it.
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Not if he makes the 'POST' option the default for secure searches.
Re:DuckDuckGo Searches Are Not Anonymous
by mike-cardwell on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @05:46PM
(#1362473)
If you don't store the search term in the URL, then it doesn't get passed along in the referer. Store an encrypted version of the search term in the URL instead.