In fact, using the default Safari preferences, even your examples WILL be sent to the search provider *as you are typing them in*, until they become distinguishable as actual URLs. That's the problem.
> On Aug 16, 2014, at 1:23 PM, LuKreme <krem...@kreme.com> wrote: > > >> On 16 Aug 2014, at 12:16 , Chris <ch...@mymac.org.uk> wrote: >> >> I've been on Snow Leopard for a long time but TBH I must be getting pretty >> dumb not to realise what was going on with Mavericks. It seems amazing that >> we go to great lengths to maintain privacy via various cookie cleaners and >> so on, but right in full sight we are sending every single thing we do to >> Google's servers. > > That is not the case. > > If you type in anything like the following, it goes to your search engine > (which does not have to be Google). > > yahoo > largest city in Bolivia > randomsite.com > > These will not be sent to your search provider: > > apopularsite.com > siteyouvevisitedbefore.com > randomsite.com/ > > > -- > Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to > state I finally won out over it. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
