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Jan 10, 2021 08:05:35   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
From my daily Family Handyman: Avoid Googling these things.

Products you don't want to see popping up as ads
Anything that will embarrass you later
Things that could lead to your arrest
Skin conditions
Worms
Product safety
Your symptoms
Causes of cancer
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https://www.familyhandyman.com/list/9-things-you-should-never-google/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl1102021&_mid=392427&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE

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Jan 10, 2021 08:43:44   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
So if I Google thermo-nuclear devices,
Who comes after me?
AEC, DoD, CIA or FBI?
All of them?

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Jan 10, 2021 09:22:12   #
tairving Loc: Magnolia, Texas USA
 
Some years ago a friend was doing research on the effects of high blood pressure. When he Googled "silent killers" he go an apparently real hit on an international asaassin.

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Jan 10, 2021 09:23:25   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
tairving wrote:
Some years ago a friend was doing research on the effects of high blood pressure. When he Googled "silent killers" he go an apparently real hit on an international asaassin.

Gotta love Google...

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Jan 10, 2021 09:28:52   #
Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas
 
My brother keeps asking Alexa where to bury the bodies or how to dissolve bodies - he thinks it's funny... I told him to be careful what he asks for...

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Jan 10, 2021 09:29:46   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Shellback wrote:
My brother keeps asking Alexa where to bury the bodies or how to dissolve bodies - he thinks it's funny... I told him to be careful what he asks for...


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Jan 10, 2021 09:37:06   #
DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
 
Longshadow wrote:
So if I Google thermo-nuclear devices,
Who comes after me?
AEC, DoD, CIA or FBI?
All of them?


Only if you include "home built" in the search

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Jan 10, 2021 09:38:49   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
DirtFarmer wrote:
Only if you include "home built" in the search


Like Sheldon did for yellow cake uranium for his home built reactor?

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Jan 10, 2021 12:47:10   #
charles tabb Loc: Richmond VA.
 
jerryc41 wrote:
From my daily Family Handyman: Avoid Googling these things.

Products you don't want to see popping up as ads
Anything that will embarrass you later
Things that could lead to your arrest
Skin conditions
Worms
Product safety
Your symptoms
Causes of cancer
Translations

https://www.familyhandyman.com/list/9-things-you-should-never-google/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl1102021&_mid=392427&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE


Him Jerry...

I have a program called "CCleaner" it will go through my system and delete what I tell it to.
Best piece of software that I have ever bought.
It will Del. my Google History.

Charles

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Jan 10, 2021 13:08:47   #
JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco
 
Good case for using DuckDuckGo, a search engine which doesn't track your search or store your personal information.

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Jan 10, 2021 14:40:08   #
IDguy Loc: Idaho
 
Longshadow wrote:
So if I Google thermo-nuclear devices,
Who comes after me?
AEC, DoD, CIA or FBI?
All of them?


FBI

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Jan 10, 2021 22:47:00   #
Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York
 
jerryc41 wrote:
From my daily Family Handyman: Avoid Googling these things.

Products you don't want to see popping up as ads
Anything that will embarrass you later
Things that could lead to your arrest
Skin conditions
Worms
Product safety
Your symptoms
Causes of cancer
Translations

https://www.familyhandyman.com/list/9-things-you-should-never-google/?_cmp=diytipshintsnl&_ebid=diytipshintsnl1102021&_mid=392427&ehid=73A5119F6D6B55A335D41D8BD7D8D335A74FB2CE


Personally, I google everything. It is helpful. I have looked up the chemical synthesis of Methaqulone and LSD. I have looked up the pharmacology of AIDS drugs. I have googled which lens is better 100-400mm or 150-600mm. I have looked up poems that relate to the loss of my son. I have looked up the assassinations of presidents and recently purchased a book about President Garfield. It is my computer and i will do with it what I like. I cannot be afraid of using it. It is not being used for devious purposes. It is a tool of knowledge. I can justify everything I look up and if big brother wishes to see my computer they are welcome. I have a friend at work who looked up a nasal drug delivery system. The corporation sent two employees and confiscated his computer. They returned it and didn’t apologize. Nothing questionable was found and No search warrant had been provided. Anyone better have a search warrant or it’s not going to end well. I have nothing to hide and everything can be disclosed.

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Jan 11, 2021 06:14:44   #
medphotog Loc: Witness protection land
 
Scruples wrote:
I have a friend at work who looked up a nasal drug delivery system. The corporation sent two employees and confiscated his computer.

Not too sure what the "rules" are now that folks are working from home, but when I was with the ferderal government and you were using your work computer you had zero expectation of privacy. They locked down a bunch of websites that they thought were inappropriate/dangerous/etc. in the very beginning. I don't know how the ISO came up with who was to be checked (it may have been bandwidth) but I was nailed twice. It was quite fun getting a list of websites that I was on and having to explain in detail why I was on them. I "passed" both times and the only one I can actually remember being called out on was I'd used Bing or Google maps aerial view to figure out where my TDY assignment was and I was told to use Mapquest. I ignored her.

BTW, the ATF (or as I joking referred to it to a friend that worked for them in the south BBG.. Booze, 'Bacci, and Guns) would probably be interested in the search history.. Kinda' what the thread was about.

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Jan 11, 2021 06:28:16   #
Julian Loc: Sarasota, FL
 
Scruples wrote:
Personally, I google everything. It is helpful. I have looked up the chemical synthesis of Methaqulone and LSD. I have looked up the pharmacology of AIDS drugs. I have googled which lens is better 100-400mm or 150-600mm. I have looked up poems that relate to the loss of my son. I have looked up the assassinations of presidents and recently purchased a book about President Garfield. It is my computer and i will do with it what I like. I cannot be afraid of using it. It is not being used for devious purposes. It is a tool of knowledge. I can justify everything I look up and if big brother wishes to see my computer they are welcome. I have a friend at work who looked up a nasal drug delivery system. The corporation sent two employees and confiscated his computer. They returned it and didn’t apologize. Nothing questionable was found and No search warrant had been provided. Anyone better have a search warrant or it’s not going to end well. I have nothing to hide and everything can be disclosed.
Personally, I google everything. It is helpful. I ... (show quote)



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Jan 11, 2021 06:29:02   #
Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York
 
medphotog wrote:
Not too sure what the "rules" are now that folks are working from home, but when I was with the ferderal government and you were using your work computer you had zero expectation of privacy. They locked down a bunch of websites that they thought were inappropriate/dangerous/etc. in the very beginning. I don't know how the ISO came up with who was to be checked (it may have been bandwidth) but I was nailed twice. It was quite fun getting a list of websites that I was on and having to explain in detail why I was on them. I "passed" both times and the only one I can actually remember being called out on was I'd used Bing or Google maps aerial view to figure out where my TDY assignment was and I was told to use Mapquest. I ignored her.

BTW, the ATF (or as I joking referred to it to a friend that worked for them in the south BBG.. Booze, 'Bacci, and Guns) would probably be interested in the search history.. Kinda' what the thread was about.
Not too sure what the "rules" are now th... (show quote)


It is interesting to note but I don’t know what the rules are either. Anything that you type into a search engine can have at least two interpretations. I can imagine ‘breast cancer’ being blocked. I can imagine ‘terrorist strategies ’ being blocked. I can imagine ‘hostage taking’ or even ‘bank robberies using a face mask’ being blocked. Personally, I never heard of any rules governing our use of the internet. And it is rather Orwellian to believe that Big Brother is watching. Right now I’m sitting on my couch with cellphone in hand waiting for a loud knock on the door. This gives a whole new meaning to “Freedom is Not Free”

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