News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on DuckDuckGo Challenges Google on Privacy (With a Billboard in San Francisco). Parent comment

Re:DuckDuckGo Challenges Google on Privacy (With a Billboard... by iamjustlooking on Wednesday January 19, 2011 @09:05PM (#2122250)
Even if the site owner doesn't know that the referring url contained the search term "naked beiber pics" they still know you visited their page which most likely contains "naked beiber pics".
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:DuckDuckGo Challenges Google on Privacy (With a Billboard... by seanalltogether on Wednesday January 19, 2011 @09:52PM (#2122404)
Exactly, the privacy issue around http referrers is a red herring.
[ Parent | on HN ]