William Blunn writes: > I was just using Google over BT Wifi when I noticed a little yellow > box in the corner > > "SSL search is off > > This network has turned off SSL search, so you cannot see > personalised results. > > The security features of SSL search are not available. Content > filtering may be in place. > > Learn More | Dismiss"
Thanks for the tip-off. I also saw that this morning on BT Wifi, but I probably wouldn't have realized what it meant without having already read your message explaining it. > It transpires that Google provides a service to assist network admins > in turning off SSL access to Google Search. WTF!? > > http://www.seroundtable.com/turn-off-google-ssl-search-17477.html It's amusing that the people get most upset about Google using SSL for searches are SEO ‘experts’, who apparently deem the lack of Referer: header that comes with that to be some kind of breach of their human rights > It seems that BT Wifi have decided to implement this for their > customer-facing network. ... The point is that BT Wifi are > deliberately meddling in something that's not their place to meddle > in. Quite. Smylers -- http://twitter.com/Smylers2