Google Blocks Porn In Base, Patches Appliance

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.

Comments

new button

[glaswegian]

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

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[roman_mir]

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

What a surprise!

[Snamh Da Ean]

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.

Of course.

[nathan s]

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