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?
How do you think Google is going to know what results to give you if they can’t decrypt your message? The point of encryption is that the entity you are talking to can understand you, otherwise you might as well not send anything.
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