Is encrypting a query parameter within a URI a security best practice?

Assumption a customer is sitting in a public area connected to a public wifi. A threat actor can access the customer’s browser and read all Javascript variables.
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Block specific URLs / URIs in browser, like the file:// protocol and other from being visited – How to set Browser policies [migrated]

How to block specific Uris or Urls in a browser? For example I don’t want the file:// protocol can be visited or other specific locations by the user. Can I also add other policies and if so, how?

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This Week in Security: Printing Shellz, ms-officecmd, And AI Security

Researchers at f-secure have developed an impressive new attack, leveraging HP printers as an unexpected attack surface. Printing Shellz (PDF) is a one-click attack, where simply visiting a malicious webpage …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: Printing Shellz, ms-officecmd, And AI Security

Security implications of protecting private data with a long URI exclusively [duplicate]

A website hosts private/personal information at a very long and unpredictable URI, yet access to this URI is completely unauthenticated. Are there any major security issues with this?
I can think of some straight away:

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