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Re:Google disables SSL search at BT’s request by mey on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @06:43PM (#8633485)
A tip about migrating to duckduckgo, if you break down with the results and need to go back to google, just add !g to the query and it'll route you forward to google with a redirect. Just be aware, even if you are using DuckDuckGo via the Chrome Omni bar for searching, those results still end up in your Search History on Google (see https://history.google.com/history/ )

As a result I'm on DDG + Firefox at this point

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Re:Google disables SSL search at BT’s request by msandford on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @07:12PM (#8633624)
Do they manage to collect all that if I never sign-in to Chrome and I never sign in to anything google-related unless it's in a privacy tab? I can't imagine how they would be able to do so given that I'm never signed in, but it wouldn't surprise me if they did somehow.
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Re:Google disables SSL search at BT’s request by andreasvc on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @08:14PM (#8633842)
Sure they can track the searches done by your IP + other information from your browser.
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Re:Google disables SSL search at BT’s request by a3n on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @10:33PM (#8634298)
I am almost never logged in to Amazon, but I've been noticing for awhile that they still recommend things to me, and they say up front "based on something or other to do with your Amazon activity." The only thing they don't do is call me by name when I'm not logged in. But they obviously know it's me.
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Re:Google disables SSL search at BT’s request by thrwwy63726272 on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @07:29PM (#8633700)
You can also do !s to redirect to https://startpage.com. I believe they have the exact same search results as Google. (Without being Google)
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Re:Google disables SSL search at BT’s request by gohrt on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @06:56PM (#8633557)
You know you can turn of Web History if you don't like it.
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Re:Google disables SSL search at BT’s request by mey on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @08:28PM (#8633895)
I've done that, but the fact that it was happening is non-obvious. Additionally, with it off, Google Now constantly pushes for it to be on.
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