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

I wonder...

[wellybog]

I wonder if the Google filters remove "All The Base Are Belong To Us" ?

Re:Concerned, but delighted

[meringuoid]

The name "Al Qaida" was invented by the CIA not Bin Laden

Sure, but the CIA gave it such wide currency that it caught on. Now it's been adopted by the terrorists themselves. I suppose it was a bit like what happened with words like 'geek' or 'otaku'.

Amusing. Al-Qa'ida didn't exist, but now thanks to the CIA doing its PR every last eejit with a pipe-bomb claims to be affiliated to it.