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The Darknet Cometh

The main Google search page now redirects to an SSL encrypted version.

No Boss, You Can't See What I'm Searching For.

No Boss, You Can't See What I'm Searching For.

Compute cycles are no longer the limiting factor on shoveling all the bits through an iron-bound SSL pipe.

Privacy concerns are going to lead more people in this direction. At the same time, law enforcement types are going to scream bloody murder about this, but I see it as inevitable.

As someone who works with activists in countries where the governments are Bad News, I like this trend.