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Re: Ruin My Search History

#151

Post by akerro »

tinalumfoil wrote: post #25
mmastrac wrote: post #2

Spoiler alert! From the base64 encoded array in the source: ['how to appear funny', 'why are my thumbs uneven', 'am i lack toast and tolerant', 'your youre difference', 'why doesnt my poo float', 'midget google images', 'tall midgets??', 'homemade lube?', 'i hate my boss', 'what counts as fat', 'how to tell partner they fat', 'is it normal to still love my ex', 'how to get back with ex', 'penis remove dog how to', 'r…

How to reverse the damages: 1) Go to https://history.google.com/history/ 2) Select the offending searches 3) Click delete on the top right (then click delete again)

Do people actually use Google Search while being logged-in in Google?

Re: Ruin My Search History

#152

Post by akerro »

low_battery wrote: post #71
sdegutis wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure Google won't actually delete any of them from their internal profile of you though.

They actually do delete.

No they don't. They just don't show it to you. They hide your search list, but it's still included in your Google profile.

Re: Ruin My Search History

#153

Post by akerro »

brbsix wrote: post #39

Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network. This page checks to see if it's really you sending the requests, and not a robot. Why did this happen? IP address: * Time: 2016-06-10T00:07:58Z URL: https://www.google.com/search?q=donald%20trump It appears Google is not too happy with Donald Trump.

This search didn't match rest of your user-profile, so they wanted confirm that was you and you should be on a special list ;)

Re: Ruin My Search History

#154

Post by Buge »

coenhyde wrote: post #136
Buge wrote: post #121

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Well the queries to google use https, so ISPs and government monitors shouldn't be able to see the queries. If you have malware on your computer, or if Google is giving your search history out to despot countries (I don't think they are), you might be worried.

Google doesn't do certificate pinning with HPKP. So nothing stopping a despot country from using certs signed by a valid CA. And of course there are compromised CA's. The US is just smart enough not to do this for mass collection, otherwise they'll get caught.

It seems that Google does public key pinning, but possibly only through preloaded lists in browsers such as Chrome and Firefox. This blog post mentions them catching a bogus google.com cert from a trusted root

https://security.googleblog.com/2015/03/maintaining-digital-...

This says Google does use HPKP, but I don't see headers myself. https://calomel.org/http_public_key_pinning_hpkp.html

Re: Ruin My Search History

#156

Post by coenhyde »

Buge wrote: post #154
coenhyde wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google doesn't do certificate pinning with HPKP. So nothing stopping a despot country from using certs signed by a valid CA. And of course there are compromised CA's. The US is just smart enough not to do this for mass collection, otherwise they'll get caught.

It seems that Google does public key pinning, but possibly only through preloaded lists in browsers such as Chrome and Firefox. This blog post mentions them catching a bogus google.com cert from a trusted root https://security.googleblog.com/2015/03/maintaining-digital-... This says Google does use HPKP, but I don't see headers myself. https://calomel.org/http_public_key_pinning_hpkp.html

Interesting. A search in chrome://net-internals/#hsts for Google does indeed show the public key pinning. I guess they do own Chrome and could get their public key hashes baked into other browsers too.

Re: Ruin My Search History

#157

Post by cm2187 »

mmastrac wrote: post #2

Spoiler alert! From the base64 encoded array in the source: ['how to appear funny', 'why are my thumbs uneven', 'am i lack toast and tolerant', 'your youre difference', 'why doesnt my poo float', 'midget google images', 'tall midgets??', 'homemade lube?', 'i hate my boss', 'what counts as fat', 'how to tell partner they fat', 'is it normal to still love my ex', 'how to get back with ex', 'penis remove dog how to', 'r…

It could be a lot worse. A nasty malicious attack would do searches for making a bomb, joining ISIS, piloting a 747, bypassing airport security, etc. In these days and age, this is a guaranteed full body search and a registration on the no fly list next time you want to fly to see your family for christmas.

Re: Ruin My Search History

#158

Post by rbinv »

akerro wrote: post #151
tinalumfoil wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How to reverse the damages: 1) Go to https://history.google.com/history/ 2) Select the offending searches 3) Click delete on the top right (then click delete again)

Do people actually use Google Search while being logged-in in Google?

Umm, yes?

Re: Ruin My Search History

#159

Post by maaaats »

dingaling wrote: post #138
gohrt wrote: post #41

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That happens when your IP spams Google with too many queries too quickly.

It also occurs if you cotinually tweak a single search term, for example adding more and more exclusions to try to bypass Google's 'suggestions'. I encounter it about once a month.

Yeah, I get it a couple of times a week when I try to search for old technical stuff, where google constantly reformulates my search and includes what it thinks are synonyms.

Re: Ruin My Search History

#160

Post by hellofunk »

akerro wrote: post #151
tinalumfoil wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How to reverse the damages: 1) Go to https://history.google.com/history/ 2) Select the offending searches 3) Click delete on the top right (then click delete again)

Do people actually use Google Search while being logged-in in Google?

Of course. Most people aren't going to logout of Gmail when they want to do a Google search.
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