Search-query hijacks and redirection: What you need to know!

[~BD~]

By Michael Kassner
September 6, 2011, 6:12 AM PDT

Takeaway: Do you trust the results returned from your chosen search
engine? Michael Kassner looks into search engine hijacking and redirection.

I never used to give search results a second thought as to validity. The
responses I got seemed to fit what I asked for. That changed, when I was
working on the article, “Why is my Internet different from your Internet?”

Ref:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/sec...59?tag=nl.e036

Good article! :-)

[Peter Foldes]

Just out of curiosity BD, what does this what you posted have to do with this group
?? Nothing to do with Spyware. Extra paranoid today are we??

JS

[FromTheRafters]

<franke@miracle.caulking.commission> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:58:14 +0100, ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
> wrote:
>
>>By Michael Kassner
>>September 6, 2011, 6:12 AM PDT
>>
>>Takeaway: Do you trust the results returned from your chosen search
>>engine? Michael Kassner looks into search engine hijacking and redirection.
>>
>>I never used to give search results a second thought as to validity. The
>>responses I got seemed to fit what I asked for. That changed, when I was
>>working on the article, "Why is my Internet different from your Internet?"
>>
>>Ref:
>>http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/sec...59?tag=nl.e036
>>
>>Good article! :-)
>
> I use Firefox and use this to help the problem
>
> http://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/

How do you think that helps?

[Bear Bottoms]

"FromTheRafters" <erratic.howard@gmail.com> wrote in
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>
> <franke@miracle.caulking.commission> wrote in message
> news:s9kc675c9lfhvve10soi0tl071qbccqkoo@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:58:14 +0100, ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>By Michael Kassner
>>>September 6, 2011, 6:12 AM PDT
>>>
>>>Takeaway: Do you trust the results returned from your chosen search
>>>engine? Michael Kassner looks into search engine hijacking and
>>>redirection.
>>>
>>>I never used to give search results a second thought as to validity.
>>>The responses I got seemed to fit what I asked for. That changed, when
>>>I was working on the article, "Why is my Internet different from your
>>>Internet?"
>>>
>>>Ref:
>>>http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/sec...acks-and-redir
>>>ection-what-you-need-to-know/6459?tag=nl.e036
>>>
>>>Good article! :-)
>>
>> I use Firefox and use this to help the problem
>>
>> http://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/
>
> How do you think that helps?

Try Chrome if you're not getting it to work with FFx.

--
Bear
http://bearware.info

[FromTheRafters]

"Bear Bottoms" <bearbottoms1@gmai.com> wrote in message
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> "FromTheRafters" <erratic.howard@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:j45kb5$nk1$1@dont-email.me:
>
>>
>> <franke@miracle.caulking.commission> wrote in message
>> news:s9kc675c9lfhvve10soi0tl071qbccqkoo@4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:58:14 +0100, ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>By Michael Kassner
>>>>September 6, 2011, 6:12 AM PDT
>>>>
>>>>Takeaway: Do you trust the results returned from your chosen search
>>>>engine? Michael Kassner looks into search engine hijacking and
>>>>redirection.
>>>>
>>>>I never used to give search results a second thought as to validity.
>>>>The responses I got seemed to fit what I asked for. That changed, when
>>>>I was working on the article, "Why is my Internet different from your
>>>>Internet?"
>>>>
>>>>Ref:
>>>>http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/sec...acks-and-redir
>>>>ection-what-you-need-to-know/6459?tag=nl.e036
>>>>
>>>>Good article! :-)
>>>
>>> I use Firefox and use this to help the problem
>>>
>>> http://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/
>>
>> How do you think that helps?
>
> Try Chrome if you're not getting it to work with FFx.

How is Chrome (or Firefox) supposed to help?

[~BD~]

franke@miracle.caulking.commission wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:58:14 +0100, ~BD~<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
> wrote:
>
>> By Michael Kassner
>> September 6, 2011, 6:12 AM PDT
>>
>> Takeaway: Do you trust the results returned from your chosen search
>> engine? Michael Kassner looks into search engine hijacking and redirection.
>>
>> I never used to give search results a second thought as to validity. The
>> responses I got seemed to fit what I asked for. That changed, when I was
>> working on the article, “Why is my Internet different from your Internet?”
>>
>> Ref:
>> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/sec...59?tag=nl.e036
>>
>> Good article! :-)
>
> I use Firefox and use this to help the problem
>
> http://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/


Thank you for the information. It's an interesting field!

[~BD~]

Bear Bottoms wrote:
> "FromTheRafters"<erratic.howard@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:j45kb5$nk1$1@dont-email.me:
>
>>
>> <franke@miracle.caulking.commission> wrote in message
>> news:s9kc675c9lfhvve10soi0tl071qbccqkoo@4ax.com...
>>> On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:58:14 +0100, ~BD~<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> By Michael Kassner
>>>> September 6, 2011, 6:12 AM PDT
>>>>
>>>> Takeaway: Do you trust the results returned from your chosen search
>>>> engine? Michael Kassner looks into search engine hijacking and
>>>> redirection.
>>>>
>>>> I never used to give search results a second thought as to validity.
>>>> The responses I got seemed to fit what I asked for. That changed, when
>>>> I was working on the article, "Why is my Internet different from your
>>>> Internet?"
>>>>
>>>> Ref:
>>>> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/sec...acks-and-redir
>>>> ection-what-you-need-to-know/6459?tag=nl.e036
>>>>
>>>> Good article! :-)
>>>
>>> I use Firefox and use this to help the problem
>>>
>>> http://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/
>>
>> How do you think that helps?
>
> Try Chrome if you're not getting it to work with FFx.


I believe it works *only* with FireFox!

http://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/faq.html

[~BD~]

Peter Foldes wrote:
> Just out of curiosity BD, what does this what you posted have to do with
> this group ?? Nothing to do with Spyware. Extra paranoid today are we??
>
> JS


When computers connect to a site with TLS or SSL authentication, a
certificate is issued which verifies the site's identity to the web browser.

Fake certificates could allow someone to *spy* on a user's activity.

HTH

[FromTheRafters]

<franke@miracle.caulking.commission> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:58:53 +0100, ~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
> wrote:
>
>>franke@miracle.caulking.commission wrote:
>>> On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:58:14 +0100, ~BD~<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> By Michael Kassner
>>>> September 6, 2011, 6:12 AM PDT
>>>>
>>>> Takeaway: Do you trust the results returned from your chosen search
>>>> engine? Michael Kassner looks into search engine hijacking and redirection.
>>>>
>>>> I never used to give search results a second thought as to validity. The
>>>> responses I got seemed to fit what I asked for. That changed, when I was
>>>> working on the article, "Why is my Internet different from your Internet?"
>>>>
>>>> Ref:
>>>> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/sec...59?tag=nl.e036
>>>>
>>>> Good article! :-)
>>>
>>> I use Firefox and use this to help the problem
>>>
>>> http://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/
>>
>>
>>Thank you for the information. It's an interesting field!
>
> How about that? Somebody who understood a simple post and thought it
> might be helpful. That's becoming very rare in this group.

I'm still waiting for someone to explain how this helps stop "Search-query
hijacks and redirection".