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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 sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

      We could always use Ask Jeeves

    2. 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

  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 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. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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