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On Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:36:29 -0600
jd1008 wrote:

> 

> https prevents intermediate hop points (such as your isp)
> from looking at the page content, or at the terms of your
> search. But that does not prevent them from seeing the url.

Actually it does. The url is sent inside the encryption.