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Google Blocks Porn In Base, Patches Appliance

Posted by Zonk on from the tweaking-here-and-there dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The search giant has moved to fix a problem in Google Base which didn't properly block pornographic material in their search results. According to Google, the filter was broken for 'some period of time' but the company didn't elaborate. Nathan Weinberg could have been one of the first to report the incident on his blog, Inside Google, writing: 'Holy crap, there is a lot of porn at Google Base! Looks like, just like Google Images, Google Base could become a huge source of porn, and eventually a place where porn will be sold. I even noticed some movie reviews.'" They've also recently corrected a problem with their search appliance. geo_2677 wrote to mention a Securityfocus.com article discussing the rapid patching of the Google search boxes in response to a vulnerability.

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  1. new button by glaswegian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like they may need to add a new button to their site : "I'm feeling horny"

  2. argh ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    must ... resist ... obvious ... zero ... wing ... pun

    can't ... speak ... at ... normal ... rate

  3. Pr0n... by Electr!c_B4rd_Qu!nn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hate to say it, but pr0n did help Al Gore's internet get off the ground. I wonder if Bill put him up to it.....

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  4. ALL YOUR GOOGLE BASE by frinkacheese · · Score: 1, Funny

    Are Belong to PRON *s

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  5. Concerned, but delighted by saskboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm a little concerned that Al Qaida is known as "The Base" in English.

    This isn't some Google search tool to find Bin Laden is it? I've not used Base before, what does it do?

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  6. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. by roman_mir · · Score: 4, Funny

    That wasn't a bug! It was a feature. The best one!

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  7. In other news... by SolitaryMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Number of requests to Google Base vastly dropped.

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  8. What a surprise! by Snamh+Da+Ean · · Score: 5, Funny

    Researchers find that a huge well designed freely accessible online database is used to store pr0n.

    In other news, scientists announce that snow is cold, and that bears defecate in the wooded environments.

  9. Blocks what? by loconet · · Score: 3, Funny

    Google Blocks Porn ... so much for for Do no evil.

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  10. Of course. by nathan+s · · Score: 4, Funny

    Point it out AFTER it's fixed. Thanks, guys! :-P

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  11. Re:With a name like that by stud9920 · · Score: 2, Funny
    If he'd just named his daughter Phyllis
    Google search would return pictures of genital warts.
  12. Re:[offtopic] What the ..... popover ads on Slashd by Deviant+Q · · Score: 2, Funny

    Man, at times like this I wish there was an "+1 Awesome" moderation option ;).

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