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you could add a option using http://scroogle.org google-only proxy, it is a special proxy that supports ssl, using post instead of get and supprts ssl, and wont go down or be meaga slow like normal proxys

its run by the http://google-watch.org/ guy

There are a few FF extensions to use proxies easily, but none allow to use a proxy for a particular site only (that I am aware of). Can't a script be written to search google through a proxy automatically. If this could be done, together with having the direct links from the search results, then google search would become really anonymous.

Aquilax said:
R: Perhaps Google saves also the search request with the IP but normally each time that you connect to internet you receive a dynamic IP, so you for each "session" you have a new address that is like have a new identity. If the IP would be enough with google has added also a cookie with an ID?

But nearly all broad band connections these days (at least in the US) are static IPs. And even with the few still using dynamic (including dialup), google could still correlate the IP until next connection. I'm not dissing your script - I use it and think it's great - just making people aware that Big G is still looking over their shoulder and can do whatever they want with the information they collect. There's nothing anyone can do to hide IP except go through a proxy which will mix it up for each request and even then the proxy must clear logs for true security.

@Aquilax

Great...I really appreciate it.

Hi Aquilax,

Thanx for ur script. I am trying to get to work the Scholar Star script. It does not seem to work with disabled cookies, though I thought the code was all internal. Your script is saving the needed preferences for it to work but is not and I do not know why. Could you give it a look? It is not ur script but I know you understand protecting the privacy.

If you can't take a look at it, thanks anyway!

So far, seems to work, but how can we be sure the big G isn't tracking us? Some kind of visual feedback would be more comforting. One small bug discovered: getGooglePrefs() was throwing javascript errors (for new install only). I added the line:

if (text1 == null) text1 = ""

before the return statement (line 516) and that seemed to correct it. After initial visit to prefs dialog, I took the line out and could not repeat the error.

Q: Doesn't Google keep your IP address along with all search requests anyway? And if so, doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of the script?

@Aquilax
Thank you for the "ncr" link ,i tried this some time ago , then i still got nl results ; it works now though ,so my problem is solved !
Cheers ,Lin

this does't do what i'm after: when i go to google.com i always get redirected to google.nl ,with nl results first ,which i don't want , i guess google looks at the geo location from the ip ?
any ideas how to circumvent this.
i dont want to disallow coockies , i use gmail .
Thanks lin

also, i think it would be better if the hal eye was just in the place of the 2nd 'o', not both
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-edit, nevermind what i wrote here before. But i can't use Gmail without enabling cookies from google.com. is there any solution to this?

function setImillyCookie()
{
var match1=regexpGoogleCookie();
var match2=regexpLocationHost();
var randi=Math.floor(Math.random() * (9999999999999999 - 0000000000000001 + 1)) + 0000000000000001;
if (match1!=null && /[^0]/.test(match1[2]) && match2!=null)
{
setCookie("PREF=ID="+randi+":LD=en:TM=1115409441:LM=1129104254:S=kSuablMgN8pP9-91;expires=Sun, 17-Jan-2038 19:14:07 GMT;domain="+match2[1]);

}
}

Instead of setting the cookie to 00000, anonymize-it with a random number(md5 of random number/word would be better) ???


//Rewrite Mouse down event function
unsafeWindow.rwt = function(){ return true; }

In case you get the "We're Sorry" message I found how to fix this. In Fire fox go to Tools>Options>Privacy and click on "Show Cookies". Then search for the google cookie and expand it. Look in The box that shows the name and other info and find the one that has "ID=0000000000000000". Delete this cookie and eveything should return to normal. I'm not sure if this will work everytime, though it worked for me. I will be working on a script one I find the time though to randomize the ID instead of just setting it to zeros. Overall this is a good script, though due to Google's new security measures this isn't all that practical.

Hi i am french and i am looking for something to add signatures in my gmail account?

I have a website http://domax4u.com

Thanks my mail is contact@domax4u.com
take care all what it's for exactly all those scripts?? lol