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Re:Ship's cat by ColdHawaiian on Monday March 03, 2014 @04:04AM (#7332740)
Why would using SSL makes a difference, if all we're doing is just reading an article? I don't understand.
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Re:Ship's cat by aw3c2 on Monday March 03, 2014 @04:55AM (#7332895)
Subject has been found to have accessed the following listed publications:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship's_cat
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_of_Savagery
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetone_peroxide
Subject has been flagged for FRUITFLY, AFFECTIONATEOCTOPUS, EMBARRASSEDGIBBON, ■■■■RAG■■■■ and as crucial target in operation SPRINGDOM.
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Re:Ship's cat by harshreality on Monday March 03, 2014 @04:31AM (#7332816)
Profiling people based on what wikipedia pages they view is not a difficult thing to do.
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Re:Ship's cat by corin_ on Monday March 03, 2014 @08:48AM (#7333643)
Https doesn't encrypt the URL you are reading, which kind of gives away what content you're reading when it comes to wikipedia.
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Re:Ship's cat by datr on Monday March 03, 2014 @09:06AM (#7333726)
Yes it does. Your dns request for the hostname and the ip address you connect to might give away the fact that you're reading wikipedia but the actual path will be encrypted.
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Re:Ship's cat by stevedekorte on Friday March 14, 2014 @03:23PM (#7401151)
Unfortunately, this is of no help if Wikipedia or it's hosting provider (and therefore every machine it runs on) is compromised.
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Re:Ship's cat by acct on Monday March 03, 2014 @09:22AM (#7333813)
Surely it does. Did you think GETs are transferred before the encrypted connection is established?
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Re:Ship's cat by LoganCale on Monday March 03, 2014 @09:36AM (#7333883)
It absolutely does encrypt the URL aside from the IP you're connecting to.
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