Encrypted Google

Years ago Google added SSL encryption to products ranging from Gmail to Google Docs and others, and we continue to enable encryption on more services. Like banking and e-commerce sites, Google’s encryption extends beyond login passwords to the entire service. This session-wide encryption is a significant privacy advantage over systems that only encrypt login pages and credit card information. Early this year, we took an important step forward by making SSL the default setting for all Gmail users. And today we’re gradually rolling out a new choice to search more securely at https://www.google.com.

This isn’t the same as private browsing, this just means the pipe between you and Google is secure.  Keeps prying eyes, like when you’re traveling and using hotspots or Hotel connections, from viewing your searches.

If you really want private browsing then you would need to use something that bounces your connection around so your identity is never know to the site you are visiting.  This can be accomplished with something like Tor.

While you’re at it you might as well check out the recent LifeHacker post “Internet Survival Guide for Traveling Where Privacy Isn’t Respected”

Link: https://www.google.com

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