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<blockquote data-quote="Lenny_Fox" data-source="post: 874103" data-attributes="member: 82776"><p>When you search from taskbar using PWS=0 the search query looks like</p><p>[ATTACH=full]237497[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>But when you do the same search (test) from Google Search page (e.g. mine is <a href="http://www.google.nl" target="_blank">www.google.nl</a> where NL = Netherlands, but yours might be the one from your country, e,g, <a href="http://www.google.es" target="_blank">www.google.es</a> or <a href="http://www.google.jp" target="_blank">www.google.jp</a>).</p><p></p><p>The don't personalize web search (pws=0) can't be saved when you don't log into Google. Logging into Google when browsing the web, provides Google with more big data about your searches (so that is not a good solution to keep the &pws=0 no personalization/tracking request).</p><p></p><p>When I would enter the same search query from my home page (<a href="http://www.google.nl" target="_blank">www.google.nl</a>) the search operators provice a lot more information without the &pws=0 search parameter as shown in the picture below</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]237498[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The DEV operator for instance tells the website which position its link was shown on the search results page for instance, other search operators tell from which machine the search query was made.</p><p></p><p>Reading another thread that another extension did not clean an url <a href="https://malwaretips.com/threads/clearurls.99192/page-6#post-873705" target="_blank">(link to MT post</a>) someone suggested that Adguard also had an option to strip URL parameters (UTM=Urchin tracking module) with AdGuard, so I decided to play with Adguard;'s stealth.</p><p></p><p>When stealth mode is enabled (in the Adguard GUI), it is applicable to all websites (except for the build-in whitelist of banks Adguard uses to prevent website breakage). So by adding an allow exception for every website (@@*$stealth), except for Google domains (domain=~google.*), I only enabled Stealth for Google domains with this one-line exception in my Rules</p><p>[ATTACH=full]237499[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>And enabled these settings in Adguard. Running extension in Edge-Chromium, because Google's Chrome does not allow to block Google cookies. Besides below tracking parameters I also enabled "Hide referer from third-parties" and "Hide your search querries" (Edge sends a do not track header and hides local WebRTC IP): Just enter the Google search operator withouth the &, so when you want to block&ei and &ved=, just add ved (with a comma): .ei,ved</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]237509[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Now the same search query looks a lot cleaner</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]237510[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>P.S. I also created an Adguard blocklist to strip Google from cookies and other annoyances (copy to Custom Filters as trusted).</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LennyFox/My_Adguard_Blocklists/master/LessAlphabet[/URL][ATTACH=full]237511[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lenny_Fox, post: 874103, member: 82776"] When you search from taskbar using PWS=0 the search query looks like [ATTACH type="full" alt="1587074900825.png"]237497[/ATTACH] But when you do the same search (test) from Google Search page (e.g. mine is [URL='http://www.google.nl']www.google.nl[/URL] where NL = Netherlands, but yours might be the one from your country, e,g, [URL='http://www.google.es']www.google.es[/URL] or [URL='http://www.google.jp']www.google.jp[/URL]). The don't personalize web search (pws=0) can't be saved when you don't log into Google. Logging into Google when browsing the web, provides Google with more big data about your searches (so that is not a good solution to keep the &pws=0 no personalization/tracking request). When I would enter the same search query from my home page ([URL='http://www.google.nl']www.google.nl[/URL]) the search operators provice a lot more information without the &pws=0 search parameter as shown in the picture below [ATTACH type="full" alt="1587075280130.png"]237498[/ATTACH] The DEV operator for instance tells the website which position its link was shown on the search results page for instance, other search operators tell from which machine the search query was made. Reading another thread that another extension did not clean an url [URL='https://malwaretips.com/threads/clearurls.99192/page-6#post-873705'](link to MT post[/URL]) someone suggested that Adguard also had an option to strip URL parameters (UTM=Urchin tracking module) with AdGuard, so I decided to play with Adguard;'s stealth. When stealth mode is enabled (in the Adguard GUI), it is applicable to all websites (except for the build-in whitelist of banks Adguard uses to prevent website breakage). So by adding an allow exception for every website (@@*$stealth), except for Google domains (domain=~google.*), I only enabled Stealth for Google domains with this one-line exception in my Rules [ATTACH type="full" alt="1587075773812.png"]237499[/ATTACH] And enabled these settings in Adguard. Running extension in Edge-Chromium, because Google's Chrome does not allow to block Google cookies. Besides below tracking parameters I also enabled "Hide referer from third-parties" and "Hide your search querries" (Edge sends a do not track header and hides local WebRTC IP): Just enter the Google search operator withouth the &, so when you want to block&ei and &ved=, just add ved (with a comma): .ei,ved [ATTACH type="full" alt="1587100923796.png"]237509[/ATTACH] Now the same search query looks a lot cleaner [ATTACH type="full" alt="1587102896582.png"]237510[/ATTACH] P.S. I also created an Adguard blocklist to strip Google from cookies and other annoyances (copy to Custom Filters as trusted). [URL unfurl="true"]https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LennyFox/My_Adguard_Blocklists/master/LessAlphabet[/URL][ATTACH type="full" alt="1587103142049.png"]237511[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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