> The original mozilla suite had this, no idea why it was separated in Firefox.
Privacy.
Mozilla thought it was a good idea to avoid sending every keystroke you type to Google.
Turns out people don't care or complain loudly that it doesn't work like in Chrome so now it is combined by default AFAIK, but there is a fallback for people like me (and many other HNers).
As for why consider what happens when you type <somethingyouwouldprefergoogledidnotknow>.com
Until the .com this looks like a search.
Examples:
- internal websites with revealing URLs
- support websites for things yoou don't want ads for (mental conditions etc)
- etc
I used to be in the nothing to hide, nothing to fear camp but 2 decades of Internet use have changed my mind (even if I still think I have nothing to hide for police or family.)
Privacy.
Mozilla thought it was a good idea to avoid sending every keystroke you type to Google.
Turns out people don't care or complain loudly that it doesn't work like in Chrome so now it is combined by default AFAIK, but there is a fallback for people like me (and many other HNers).
As for why consider what happens when you type <somethingyouwouldprefergoogledidnotknow>.com
Until the .com this looks like a search.
Examples:
- internal websites with revealing URLs
- support websites for things yoou don't want ads for (mental conditions etc)
- etc
I used to be in the nothing to hide, nothing to fear camp but 2 decades of Internet use have changed my mind (even if I still think I have nothing to hide for police or family.)