School network administrators can also get around the HTTPS protection, according to Google.

"If your network administrator has redirected you to a NoSSLSearch configuration that we have for schools&your query may not be encrypted, because you have been redirected to a non-encrypted HTTP session," Google writes.

Mozilla touts Firefox 14's new search encryption feature on its blog.

"We automatically make your Google searches secure in Firefox to protect your data from prying eyes, like network administrators when you use public or shared WiFi networks," Mozilla .

However, search engine guru Danny Sullivan from Search Engine Land disagrees--Sullivan claims that unencrypted search queries will still "leak" out.