Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft

Re:Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft by liability on Sunday July 21, 2019 @11:20AM (#20491687)

Everything you type into the address bar gets considered for possible completion, right? And part of that quite possibly entails sending it off to Google servers which take a stab at finding completions for it. Your claim seems plausible at least.

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Re:Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft by kps on Sunday July 21, 2019 @11:38AM (#20491790)

Yes, there are some options under chrome://privacy/settings that suggest they send full or partial URLs:

- Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors

- Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar

and then there's

- Use a web service to help resolve spelling errors

whose description suggests it sends more than URLs.

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Re:Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft by Karunamon on Sunday July 21, 2019 @11:44AM (#20491831)

And, if I recall right, you're asked if you want search suggestions in the omnibar the first time you use it for that purpose.

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Re:Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft by liability on Sunday July 21, 2019 @11:57AM (#20491898)

Does that prompt effectively explain its impact to nontechnical users?

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Re:Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft by janbporterb on Sunday July 21, 2019 @02:08PM (#20492723)

Also note there is a “roulette” feature in most address bars, where the browser starts loading and rendering the site before you ever hit submit. Very handy for sites wanting to pursue persistence

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