Only a scrub would search something embarrassing and not delete it afterwards, or just use a web browser that deletes it every session
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2024
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or they live alone and never share their devices with anyone.
or they live openly & freely and DGAF what other people think about their browsing history
But now you've put a song in my head π€£
Not possible search history get deleted every time I close the browser.
When I was younger, I'd be mortified. Now? "If into the archives you go, only pain will you find." You didn't have to look, so that's on you, my dude.
Not a chance I'd be embarrassed. I look up a ton of how to videos and hours upon hours of research on best tools for the job. If anything they'd get bored unless they're planning to do some car repairs.
Is Pornhub a search engine? Cause my queries on there would probably raise some eyebrows.
Oh do Please list them all here π
I'll set the mood for you, here, start with this:
[NSFW]
Librewolf be like:
Big titties bitches
Oh shit, wrong place.
Yes. The internet.
Incognito FTW
It doesn't make things hidden from the authorities. Computer forensics can get in there and they know everything we do online. Nothing is hidden.
Yes, but the question was about the search history which is not saved when you exit incognito
yeah that's what my words said but my mind was thinking more in terms of everything your ISP provider knows, everything the FBI can figure out...
Assuming it magically can get my search history despite incognito, vpn etc I'd probably just ask them not to look at it, Embarrassing maybe but nothing that would get me in any trouble and anyone whose opinion I care about I trust wouldn't want to see it anyway
One day there will be a worm that goes around the internet and will be able to link each comment and/or post to the actual physical person that made them. A global database will be created where anyone can look up an individual person and see everything they've posted on the internet, even if it was behind an anonymous username.
I don't doubt that. And I do fear it. And I'm pretty sure they're already doing it, but the Mass public doesn't have access to it yet, because every time I establish an account somehow Google tries to get involved. You know Google could be that worm to connect everything.
I don't like it because I thrive in anonymity and although I never do anything wrong (like literally if you run a background check on me, it comes back squeaky clean)
whatever the case, I just feel more freedom with anonymity, you know what I mean? That's why I try so hard to not affiliate all my new usernames with Google, but it's all tied together because even if you try to separate Google from anything, they still find a way to get in there.
You can't hide secrets from the future, with math you can try, but I bet in the future they laugh at the half assed schemes and algorithm you amassed to enhance your cryptographs from the past
They got alien technology to make the rainbow tables with.
Its all just weird physics and RF stuff, all they would find out is that I am a giant nerd. Some examples: common base colpitts oscillator, inductance calculator, temerature PIN detector FWHM.
News-related stuff mainly. With a healthy dose of helldivers 2 questions recently. So, no, not really.
To be honest law enforcement (at least in the IT department of things) would be pretty used to anything at this point so why feel embarrassed?
You'll probably be added to a tally on the wall listed with examples such as: 'How to blow your own dick?' or 'Another Bronie.' or 'Wiki rabbit hole addict.'
My recorded search history is so boring. If I have to search for anything sketchy or where I wouldn't want to be inundated with ads related to the search, I do it incognito so the search isn't stored.
Your recorded history may not be stored locally. Would be shocking if Google didn't have some way of de-anonymizing searches.
Iβm sure theyβd be thrilled to look into my wanting better turn signals for my car and turn signals at all for my bike.
"JFC so many searches related to elisp and linux..."
Dear police officers: I'm sure you're excited to begin your journey learning all about electronic engineering and product design!
If you have any questions, drop by any time and I'll be happy to help. I hope you find these hobbies as rewarding as I do.
My search history is permanently deleted every time I close the browser. So no, I wouldn't be embarassed at the 20 or so searches I did today
Search history? nah, who cares.
Calculator history? plz don't look, i promise i'm good at math.
Nah, at worst I'm just searching for things I should reasonably know like "do I need to cook X before eating" or something. Why would I ever search for something weird with my search history on?
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