As of Lion or so, Safari got rid of its separate URL and search fields, and combined them into one field, like Internet Explorer has had for years. I believe the algorithm is that if what you're typing clearly looks like a URL, it's tried directly first, otherwise it's sent to your search provider for a search. But there is a preference setting for whether you want whatever you are typing sent to Google for an adaptive search as you type it, and of course while you are in the middle of typing something that will turn out to be a recognizable URL, it's likely to be sent to Google ahead of time if you have that setting on.
> On Aug 16, 2014, at 9:21 AM, Chris <ch...@mymac.org.uk> wrote: > > Hi: > > Am I being naive or is everything I type in the address bar in Safari, > translated via Google? Even if I know the address, the simple act of typing > it in the address bar transmits it to Google. > > If I then use Snitch to block Google, I am unable to connect to the site. > All this even without any need to involve Google - or for that matter > Bing/Yahoo - since I know the address I want. > > I would have thought this a major invasion of privacy. AFAIK the only way > round it is to type the address into something like DuckDuckGo or IxQuick. > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
