Re: googling an IP address

[Jill Tovey <jill.tovey () bigbluedoor com>]

Click on the link that says "Find web pages that contain the term
xx.xx.xx.xx"

Jill


On Mon, 2003-05-12 at 15:23, Mike Thompson wrote:
> Do you have to do a special kind of search?  I tried this with my ip and a few 
> others with a basic google search and it had no results.
>
> -Mike
>
> On Sunday 11 May 2003 07:38 pm, Chris R wrote:
> > While toying around this weekend i googled my own IP address (simple
> > right?, dont know why i never did it before) only to find i could access
> > hundreds of sites cached referrer (spelling?) pages and i could view
> > thousands of IP addresses and where they had previously visited (including
> > what they had searched for on various search engines) prior to visiting
> > the site whos cached referrers page i was looking at. Ok that might have
> > been confusing but this strikes me as a breach in privacy? I mean i could
> > literally view THOUSANDS of IP addresses and exactly what they had typed
> > into search engines. This really isnt a HUGE security risk or flaw, but
> > does this strike anyone else as a lack of privacy? Yes i know the idea of
> > 100% anonynimity (spelling?) on the internet is truely a dream, but
> > blocking these kinds of cached pages could easily prevent this type of
> > spying. I googled a few friends IP addresses and surprised them with what
> > they had been viewing only days before and exactly what they had entered
> > into google to find that site. Oh well, any comments? :-/
> >
> > Chris
> >
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