"Chrome 25 extends encrypted search to everyone, not just signed-in users"

By Nicole Lee posted Jan 18th, 2013 at 9:53 PM

"Chrome users with something to hide have heretofore been required to sign in to Google to keep their omnibox searches hidden from prying eyes -- but today's Chrome 25 beta update changes that. Now all searches are automatically encrypted, whether you're signed in or not. It's certainly not the first browser to implement such a security feature -- Firefox 14 switched to HTTPS for all searches last year -- but it's a welcome change all the same. With web voice recognition and security whitelists on the docket as well, the latest version of Chrome is setting up to be quite the must-have, especially for those who want to keep their Justin Bieber search results to themselves."

I wonder if contributors here could list some ways which might be useful to those who regularly stay at hotels and use Wi-Fi networks, or other public networks, that can help in preserving a bit of privacy while using the internet and surfing the web.

I do not think it is much fun to have the staff at hotels, or their IT people know what we have been looking at the night before.

No one wants the Hotel IT staff looking over your shoulder while you read what whatever you read on the web, especially if you are long time guest and you have an inquisitive IT person who finds it amusing to watch what you are watching on his hotel network.

Therefore, what are the easy steps, if any, that can be taken by the computer user to keep as much of ones privacy as possible, private.

Using Chrome is a good first choice.

Maybe a good VPN, but which one, and how much does this slow down the "surfing" experience?

It would be nice if Google itself would offer a VPN service. Will they?

There must be a list of other good choices one can make, from simple to the slightly less basic.

Any thoughts?

Use your own internet - get an air card and stop worrying about them.

This is a very good suggestion to sidestep the whole issue, but which Thailand service provider to use with air-card? And what are the broadband speeds? I need 20Mbps, unlimited up and down at a competitive price.

This is a very good suggestion to sidestep the whole issue, but which Thailand service provider to use with air-card? And what are the broadband speeds? I need 20Mbps, unlimited up and down at a competitive price.

I hope to be getting 3g @ maybe 7down/5up for the first time tomorrow - I have had 200k for years. Write to the NSTB and ask them when they are joining the real world. Thailand = stone age outside of a few places. I really hope you find it, it would be a good sign - good luck.