I read that https encrypts your information. So for example your isp won’t know exactly what you’re looking at, just the website you’re connecting to. My question is how far does that encryption go. If I google “what does https do?” how does google know I looked that up if my connection is supposed to be encrypted?
Another example would be youtube. From what I understand my isp would know I’m on youtube and likely watching a video due to my bandwith, but they wouldn’t know which video I’m watching. However youtube would know. Why is that?
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> If I google “what does https do?” how does google know I looked that up if my connection is supposed to be encrypted?
The encryption is between you and the site you’re accessing. When you’re googling stuff, you’re accessing Google’s servers. The encryption protects the conversation between you and Google, and you’re telling Google what to search for voluntarily.
The encryption there is so that your ISP can’t tell what you’re doing on Google.
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