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Online Search Engines Lift Cover Of Privacy

Posted by timothy on from the bathwater-around-the-baby dept.

Rican writes "MSNBC has an interesting article about how 'Googledorks' are using the powerful search engine to do searches across the web for sensitive and/or private information. Some of this information includes 'Medical records, bank account numbers, students' grades, and the docking locations of 804 U.S. Navy ships, submarines and destroyers.'"

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  1. Awesome! by NetNinja · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Lets teach the terrorists new tricks!
    NOT!

  2. Re:Google can't always hack it by Lifewish · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'll have you know that many of our members have an active sex life. Or so I'm told. Whatever.

    It's good fun though. Great way to meet people. And then shoot them in the head :)

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  3. Why the 'secret' of Navy Ships by Orcish_Rodent · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I can't help but ask why does it have to be a 'secret' where navy ships are docked and when they leave? The only purpose I can think of is/was during the cold war it helped assure mutial destruction. But now what is the major threat to the US that mandates that doesn't allow some sailors to tell their families when they will get home exactly or when (what day) they are leaving. So, what threat do we have to warrant this? Terrorists could and can easily find out where the ships are. Anyway these secret ports and launch dates are to protect where the vessiles are going not where they are.

    So here is a noble idea why not get ride of this stupidity and waste of money on trying to keep this crap a secret and pay for our debts for the other 2 trillion dollars of military crap we have. Or even better get ride of most of our subs and really start to balance our budget, ask your self who does the US need to hide from with these things? what other nations ships do really have to sneek up on? what nation do we really need to have 10 ways to destroy?

    And to those people who say we should liberate the world and expose them to our from of freedom I say, We (US) managed to free ourselves from the biggest empire in the world mostly by ourselves why can't they?

    A strong military should not define a world policy

  4. Re:Good Circle of Reasoning. by Shurhaian · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I really, really wish more people were this thorough.

    I, however, don't have any links to support my own statement. Grain of salt time.

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