Queries sent by GET requests leak in URLs
Search queries travel in the URL through GET requests, and the add-on leaks or fingerprints data despite privacy settings.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 12 December 2021 · last reported 17 April 2025
What's going wrong
Privacy-minded Firefox users report that the add-on sends search queries with GET instead of POST, so search terms show up in URLs, logs and history even when the POST setting is chosen.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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