Reply to post: What is metadata, exactly?

Defend yourself against ISP tracking in an Trump-era free-for-all

frank ly

What is metadata, exactly?

"It can see that you've requested, for example, wikipedia.org, even if it can't see which page your connected to."

I searched for 'peanut butter' on Wikipedia and my browser address then contained the following text:

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter"

Doesn't that text get sent to the ISP, in plain? Similarly for Goggle searches, eBay searches, etc?

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