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Microsoft Family Safety Filter Blocks Google

Posted by timothy on from the can-neither-confirm-nor-deny dept.

mike.rimov writes "I saw that part of the brand new Windows Live package is the Family Safety Filter, so I decided to give it a spin. Turned it on, set it to 'basic filtering' (their lowest level), and went to Google ... oops, it blocks Google! So I logged into the settings and added Google as an exception. Google still wouldn't come up. Just in case, I turned off the family filter: voila, Google. As we all know, 'Don't be evil' is not part of Microsoft's motto! Oh yeah — and with the filter on, Microsoft's own search engine, live.com comes up." Anomaly?

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  1. First Post! by GeorgeMonroy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google is evil so thank you Microsoft!

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    1. Re:First Post! by Idiomatick · · Score: 3, Funny

      Voting for the lesser evil is a lie and a sin against the libertarian party. The only right answer is to NEVER use the internet.

    2. Re:First Post! by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

      We could always use Ask Jeeves

    3. Re:First Post! by coopaq · · Score: 5, Funny

      Thanks for reminding me.

      http://www.google.com/search?q=food
      http://www.google.com/search?q=water
      http://www.google.com/search?q=shelter
      http://www.google.com/search?q=people
      http://www.google.com/search?q=midget wrestling

    4. Re:First Post! by Foofoobar · · Score: 3, Funny

      I know I definitely didn't need to read your post. Let's start there. :)

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    5. Re:First Post! by Golddess · · Score: 2, Funny

      Google is only free if your privacy is worth nothing.

      Which, well, it is.

      Said the Anonymous Coward.

      :P

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  2. This is perfectly valid by Oxy+the+moron · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google is unsafe... for Microsoft's monopolies.

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    1. Re:This is perfectly valid by Thelasko · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sure, it blocks Google... but it does it safely.

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  3. It's the Os by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's the "O"s in Google. They look like boobies.

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    1. Re:It's the Os by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

      What good is the joke if you don't give a link to the picture (NQSFW).

    2. Re:It's the Os by ChunderDownunder · · Score: 2, Funny

      Not to mention the fact it's pronounced 'Go-ogle'.

    3. Re:It's the Os by Dmala · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yuck. If she bent over, she'd resemble a cow with hanging udders. Blech. Give me natural As or Bs anyday rather than fakies.

      If you're the typical Slashdot reader, you probably have natural As or Bs already.
      http://www.instantrimshot.com

      Sorry, how could I resist?

  4. Anomaly? by omar.sahal · · Score: 2, Funny
    Anomaly?
    I dont't know mike.rimov but the word anomaly in the English Oxford dictionary is defined as
    • noun (pl. anomalies) something that deviates from what is standard or normal.

    so no its not an anomaly for Microsoft, if thats what you getting at. No news here move along

  5. thats nothing. by nimbius · · Score: 5, Funny

    I tried to visit redhat.com and a chair shot out the back of my machine!

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  6. Anomally by RemoWilliams84 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anomally?

    Sounds like smart marketing to me. Just block your biggest competitor.

    I wonder if they blocked Mozilla too?

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  7. Re:Anomaly? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Rhetorical

    • adjective, (of a question) asked for effect or to make a statement rather than to obtain an answer.
  8. Sure... by Greyfox · · Score: 5, Funny

    You could accidentally search for "Live goat Porn" on google. Microsoft's search engine doesn't index any porn (Or much of anything else,) that's why no one uses it.

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  9. Re:Well... by John+Hasler · · Score: 4, Funny

    > It's boorish at best and plainly poor software testing at worst.

    We already know it's a Microsoft product.

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  10. Ballmer Family Rules by CodeBuster · · Score: 2, Funny

    Didn't Steve Ballmer say that using an iPod or Google in his house is a punishable offense?

  11. And just why not? by macraig · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since I can use Google to find some really nasty anal porn and, what's even worse, those awful sinful bittorrents, why wouldn't the Family Safety Filter block it? Of course unless my parents lock me in the basement I can still find porn and all sorts of life-shortening stuff everywhere else. Since I'm so driven to get this mind-wrecking stuff, maybe they should lock me in the basement?

  12. Wow, can you say "Microsoft desparation" by Dan667 · · Score: 1, Funny

    That is just pathetic.

  13. Re:Well... by pohl · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is most certainly not intentional simply because it's so dumb and in-your-face.

    You must have never seen the Gates/Seinfeld commercials they unintentionally made.

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