*anj* Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I was just engaging in some creative googling, looking for fun images to insert in a couple of my posts. This is fairly innocuous stuff, guys. So anyway, I typed a phrase into the browser and found what you'd normally expect. Then I saw one picture that I thought would be funny (not weird at all) and when I opened it I saw something really, really vile. I mean, totally gross, and I am not a prude nor am I easily skeeved. So anyway, I know that most of us are very careful when the kiddoes are around, but I would encourage you to be even moreso, especially when doing a search on images. And ftr, I am set at "strict safe search." Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenschooler Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 THanks. I don't want to see anything gross, and luckily haven't. I'll go make sure my google is set to 'no disgusting images, please'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I agree anj. I am the only one who googles images in our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 You are correct. I am very careful with my wording while doing google searches and my ds doesn't even know it exists yet. Thanks for the warning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I guess I am the only sickie whose curiosity wants to know what you googled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretchen in NJ Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Thank you anj for letting us know. I agree with EL. My girls have no idea what a seach engine is or if it exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Thank you anj for letting us know. I agree with EL. My girls have no idea what a seach engine is or if it exists. Oh, my gosh! That happened to me, too! I was freaked out! Dh explained how it can happen innocently like that, but I can't remember enough to repeat it. Also, when Googling Brazilian warships, guess what kind of links weren't far down the page? Who'da thunk? Chelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 I guess I am the only sickie whose curiosity wants to know what you googled. No you're not. I've gotten 10 PMs asking me for the 911. :lol::lol::lol: Just kidding! But I'm sure you're not the only one. Heck, if I were you I'd be looking up my last couple of posts trying to figure out what I said that might cause me to find a gross picture. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I googled "Norman Rockwell" to show my kids his wonderful innocent family-friendly illustrations and got shocked as well. You just never know - such a shame.:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 Also, when Googling Brazilian warships, guess what kind of links weren't far down the page? Who'da thunk? Chelle Hmmmm....I wonder.... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateLeft Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 The year before last, I googled images of carrots for a science lesson, because I wanted to show my kindergartener an example of a tap root. :eek: Needless to say, it was NOT what I was looking for!! (But it's better than the time my oldest daughter was 5 or 6, and her and her sister decided to find out about squirrels by typing "nuts.com" into the browser... I heard her spelling it out, and went flying into the room to shut the monitor off just in time. We learned that it was time to start enforcing some computer usage rules and install filtering software on the kids' computer!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangearrow Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Ugh. This irritates me to no end! I set my daughter (10yo) up on a parakeet site when she was researching information before we bought her parakeet. She was clicking on a few pictures to see people's parakeets (some were videos). Some sicko had a picture of a parakeet in the "thumbnail", but when you clicked on it - it was a video of a stripper. She (bless her innocent heart) started giggling and said that some lady was dancing on a stage and her skirt must've fallen off (we'd watched America's Funniest Home Videos the evening before this happened). I took one look and nearly launched myself across the room at the computer before the video could go any further. And I'm just thankful (!?!?) that it wasn't any worse! :glare: At this point, my kids aren't allowed on the internet until the year 2018 (when my oldest will be 20! LOL) Ugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I can't remember the search string I used now, but I was showing them Google images as a way of getting pictures for their Powerpoints, and sure enough...there was a pic of a woman that I was very embarrassed about. Thankfully the class was mostly female nursing students, but after that I played around to get something that came about better and I always pre-checked before that lecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 You can set it to safe search and that stuff will not come up. The kids' computer is set to the highest secure search. My personal computer is set to moderate safe search. Much better without those images!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kacifl Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 We were googling information about 'Little Red Riding Hood'... oh my:blush: There weren't any pictures, as I wasn't in images, but the language! I don't know how to do it. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kacifl Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 We were looking at cute videos about Shih-too (spelled???) dogs and then I could see on the side bar that the next few videos were about women being spanked, etc. Even worse. Now our rules to the kids are that if a friend sends you-tube email, that I need to be with them to see it and then it is sent to the garbage. Now, the kids can only visit God's Tube. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 It is WAY too easy to pull up something graphic. Dh was looking for information about what to do for our problematic septic system. Yeah, well he found the sewer for sure. Things that ought not be. We had a terrible time clearing it from our history, it wanted to stay to the top of the drop-down box. UGH Anyway he finally found what he was looking for and called the company to ask them a question. After answering his question she gave him the web address, then said, "Better read that back to me to make sure it's exactly right." He said, "We already know!" Truely I think sights and imagines should have to be labeled xxx. Filters don't always work, and sometimes they block medical sights and info about pregnancy and nursing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretchen in NJ Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 It is WAY too easy to pull up something graphic. Dh was looking for information about what to do for our problematic septic system. Yeah, well he found the sewer for sure. Things that ought not be. We had a terrible time clearing it from our history, it wanted to stay to the top of the drop-down box. UGH Anyway he finally found what he was looking for and called the company to ask them a question. After answering his question she gave him the web address, then said, "Better read that back to me to make sure it's exactly right." He said, "We already know!" Truely I think sights and imagines should have to be labeled xxx. Filters don't always work, and sometimes they block medical sights and info about pregnancy and nursing. :iagree: That would be great. I rarely do my own searching for this very reason. Dh seems to have the knack for using the right words to get what I want and nothing that I don't want.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I once googled (not in images either!) how to get urine out of a mattress because my son wet his bed without a mattress protector. :eek::eek::eek::eek: People do that...on purpose... ? What?????????????? :ack2: :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camibami Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 This thread cracks me up. I remember waaayyyy back in high school in 1989 or so (gulp!) a friend got the internet. I knew *no one* else who had it, or even a PC at that time. ANyway, when her parents were gone, we looked...you guessed it. See, on the news and whatnot all we heard was about p0rnography on the internet- so we had no idea what else it was used for! Wow- what an education THAT was. We put the *most* outrageous things into the search box, and wouldn't you know- there was a picture of someone doing it *all*. Then I didn't use the internet until 1993 or so. :D My oldest uses Google Images all the time. We have a good strong filter, but I better watch more carefully if this stuff is getting through! Thanks for the warning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGator Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Where are the filters? Is it on you web browser or is it on the Google search page? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 You can set it to safe search and that stuff will not come up. The kids' computer is set to the highest secure search. My personal computer is set to moderate safe search. Much better without those images!!! But I already have it on the highest safety level. It says: "Use strict filtering (Filter both explicit text and explicit images)". That's why I made the comment, because if something like that can happen even when you have it set to "strict search", we'd all better be extra careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 That's why I made the comment, because if something like that can happen even when you have it set to "strict search", we'd all better be extra careful. You are correct. And just because it might filter out a nude person doesn't mean it filters out a woman in a bra and bikini. In our house -- they are both nakedness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 You are correct. And just because it might filter out a nude person doesn't mean it filters out a woman in a bra and bikini. In our house -- they are both nakedness. And even though it may filter out a full-length photo of a nude person, it may not filter out photos of just certain nude parts engaged in certain activities. Googling for photos of archeological finds taught me that. Yuck. I, too, have it set to the highest security level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neesek Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Did you contact Google about what you found? On their Safesearch help page, they ask you to notify them if something slips by a safesearch request. I know, it is just a drop in the bucket, but still.... I could really get on my soapbox about this. It is so hard to guard our children's innocence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 Did you contact Google about what you found? On their Safesearch help page, they ask you to notify them if something slips by a safesearch request. I know, it is just a drop in the bucket, but still.... I could really get on my soapbox about this. It is so hard to guard our children's innocence. No, that hadn't even occurred to me. I will go over and do that now. Thanks for mentioning it!;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Our SafeEyes filter won't even open Google Images. I have to use Yahoo. Thanks for the warning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neesek Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 No, that hadn't even occurred to me. I will go over and do that now.Thanks for mentioning it!;) BTW, I forgot to say thanks for posting this. It made me go double check all of the security settings on my ds's computer. He has the K9 filter on the very highest setting, but I went ahead and blocked all access to Google from his computer. He doesn't know about it and does not need it. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly in FL Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 What is "ftr"...and, what do you mean by "strick safe search?" Thanks! ~Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 What is "ftr"...and, what do you mean by "strick safe search?" Thanks! ~Holly Oh, that's just internet speak: "ftr" stands for "for the record." "Strict safe search" is the term used by Google to describe their strictest standards for keeping nudity or inappropriate content out of a list of items you find when you search for a topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKim Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Where are the filters? Is it on you web browser or is it on the Google search page? It is on the Google page. Click preferences over to the right, and you can set it. But like everyone else is saying, it is still not something you can depend on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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