Obscuring sensitive portions of universal resource locator

摘要

Portions of a URL such as the query string are obscured or otherwise removed from view in the address bar of a browser or other application automatically by the receiving device employing obscuration rules, or upon command from an originating device sourcing the resource.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; at least one display configured for being controlled by the processor; and at least one computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to execute logic comprising: receiving a uniform resource locator (URL) bearing a character string including at least one substring of characters for presentation of the character string on the display, the URL identifying a resource; and obscuring at least the substring of characters from presentation on the display, wherein the substring of characters is generated by a client-side query, a query string; wherein the obscured substring of characters does not include a path name and is distinct from a path name.