Your web history is not safe

Are you concerned about the fact that your web history may not be private?

  • Yes

    Votes: 39 42.4%

  • No

    Votes: 53 57.6%
  • Total voters
    92
hj2k_x said:
Interesting....you think browsers make a difference? I used Opera...And I have been to way more than 7 sites :p
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I think so.

I normally use Google Chrome.

When I tried with Firefox (which I don't use as much) it only found 1 site.
 
The only problem that I really have is that when you do a search you will find ancient questions you asked or comments you made when you where still an newbie idiot - and it is even worse when these questions pop up as the first search results in google!
 
It found a whole 7 of mine:

# startpanic.com
# fav MyADSL
# fav Welcome to Facebook! | Facebook
# fav Google
# fav Mozilla.org - Home of the Mozilla ...
# fav News24, South Africa's premier new...
# fav Welcome to Standard Bank
 
DJK said:
It found a whole 7 of mine:

# startpanic.com
# fav MyADSL
# fav Welcome to Facebook! | Facebook
# fav Google
# fav Mozilla.org - Home of the Mozilla ...
# fav News24, South Africa's premier new...
# fav Welcome to Standard Bank
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So, have you started to panic yet? :p
 
Please help they found all the porn sites I have visited.That should take them about a year to realise that I am a normal male.Wish them luck.
 
ON firefox, which is my favorite, it found 12.

I have used IE quite a bit as well, and it found only one, and that is startpanic.com, but that is pretty obvious, duh.

Even with ie protect mode off, found no more.

So maybe what they should be saying, is check your browser security.
 
I don't really care who knows what I've visited.

I love programming
I love porn
I love gaming
I love cartoons

No secrets about what I'm doing online. Those who have something to hide usually doing the nasty up someone(something?)'s butt

I say WHAT WHAT? Up the butt... yes I said WHAT?! up the butt... *Butters Bootay Dance*
 
placebo said:
Please help they found all the porn sites I have visited.That should take them about a year to realise that I am a normal male.Wish them luck.
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Actually, could be quite useful this. Don't have risk the wife/kids looking at your bookmarks. Just pop onto startpanic whenever you want to revisit all the naughty sites you've been to...
 
Internet rule number three... Never enter your real information on internet - half of problems gone.
 
12 sites...
All boring, and they list google --> I could guess that for most people
 
Oh noes, people will find out I visited youtube and was rickrolled! my life is ruined! :(

Only problem i see with this is finding which bank site you went to, then trying to phish your account details... but they'd have to get your phone number or email address for that as well
 
Slootvreter said:
Why is it scary?
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It's not much of an immediate practical threat.

For now.

But if the political climate changes and we see a resurgence of fascism, puritanism or some other form of activist, interventionist state aggression, Big Brother can trace, track and profile you in a way that's very risky for privacy and individual rights. Governments have historically been the greatest agents of repression, and even outright evil, and for that reason state power should be strictly curtailed - "knowledge is power" actually means something real, as anyone who's experienced fascist, nazi or communist repression will readily affirm. We should not make the mistake of thinking those times are forever behind us.

I've spent some time in solitary detention without trial under the previous regime, and I resent the very notion that Caesar, who has the power of the sword, has access to information that is none of his business. No government in history has resisted the temptation to use all available knowledge to corner and repress those they disapprove of.

On a personal note, I personally have nothing to hide from anyone. My name is my real name. I stopped using anonymous userids and aliases since before the internet, because I know there's really no such thing as anonymity in the electronic world, but mainly for various philosophical and social reasons -- I think it's important to be just one person.

But history shows we should be very wary of Caesar (the state). Too many times today's kind and gentle potentate has turned into a raging tyrant.
 
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Arthur said:
It's not much of an immediate practical threat.

For now.

But if the political climate changes and we see a resurgence of fascism, puritanism or some other form of activist, interventionist state aggression, Big Brother can trace, track and profile you in a way that's very risky for privacy and individual rights. Governments have historically been the greatest agents of repression, and even outright evil, and for that reason state power should be strictly curtailed - "knowledge is power" actually means something real, as anyone who's experienced fascist, nazi or communist repression will readily affirm. We should not make the mistake of thinking those times are forever behind us.

I've spent some time in solitary detention without trial under the previous regime, and I resent the very notion that Caesar, who has the power of the sword, has access to information that is none of his business. No government in history has resisted the temptation to use all available knowledge to corner and repress those they disapprove of.

On a personal note, I personally have nothing to hide from anyone. My name is my real name. I stopped using anonymous userids and aliases since before the internet, because I know there's really no such thing as anonymity in the electronic world, but mainly for various philosophical and social reasons -- I think it's important to be just one person.

But history shows we should be very wary of Caesar (the state). Too many times today's kind and gentle potentate has turned into a raging tyrant.
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Ah, i don't think a browser 'exploit' will be what the government would use to "track your internet usage". Much easier to just go to your ISP, throw legal action and get their logs over what you've been viewing/writing/posting. And "all available knowledge"... they'd go for my bank/education/home details before they go for my browsing details.
 
PANIC

Arthur said:
It's not much of an immediate practical threat.

For now.

We should not make the mistake of thinking those times are forever behind us.

NO government in history has resisted the temptation to use all available knowledge to corner and repress those they disapprove of.

But history shows we should be very wary of Caesar (the state).

Too many times today's kind and gentle potentate has turned into a raging tyrant.
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Be scared -- Be VERY scared

DNA profiling included amongst ALL the myriad other info on the new HANIS smartcard ID card :mad:

( and it is not in a "Caesar" cypher either :D:( )


MW
 
eltherza said:
Ah, i don't think a browser 'exploit' will be what the government would use to "track your internet usage". Much easier to just go to your ISP, throw legal action and get their logs over what you've been viewing/writing/posting. And "all available knowledge"... they'd go for my bank/education/home details before they go for my browsing details.
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That's exactly what I said, if you had seen my earlier post. Of course the browser exploit is a silly gimmick.
 
Arthur said:
That's exactly what I said, if you had seen my earlier post. Of course the browser exploit is a silly gimmick.
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Just reiterating that even before internet (or computers) came alone, the government has almost free access to all your details if they wished it, just these days it's quicker because of databases.

But really, if you have nothing to hide, this shouldn't scare you.
 
they can and do already track you. c a r ni vor.
 
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