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Re: [LUG] Snoopers' Charter

 

On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 05:15:25PM +0000, Eion MacDonald wrote:
> > What about Duckduckgo, a search engine which claims not to keep any
> > records? That should help, yes?
> > 
> > Neil
> > 
> But traffic passes through ISP so they know and they know pages served
> up to you.

In case the site uses HTTPS (which DuckDuckGo does use), the ISP only
sees you connecting to their website (based on the IP address). This
probably isn't an issue when you're using a search engine, but may be
when you're using a less widely used site or service.

Martijn.

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