Google's SafeSearch mode gets safer with new lock feature
When SafeSearch is locked, you'll see four extremely conspicuous, very large colored balls in the top right corner of your search results. Google says this is so parents and teachers can tell from across the room whether the lock is still in place, and come over to reset it if it's not. It even works across Google's various languages, so clever kids can't get around it that way. Could they thwart SafeSearch in an even more obvious way, though, by simply logging out of Google? I guess that's where keeping a close eye on the giant colored balls comes in.
If you're confused about how to go about turning the lock on, the very clear video instructions in Google's official blog post will shed some light.
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Albert said 6:30PM on 11-16-2009
Just checked to see if logging out will remove the lock, and it doesn't, to remove it you have to log in again. Though I wonder if it can be cleared by clearing your cache, cookies, and history.
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Monica said 4:05PM on 11-12-2009
Not sure if this feature is more idea then useful. I'm almost certain that kids now a days are more then capable of finding questionable material. As popular as google is, there are tons and tons of other search engines out there. What needs to be implemented is a browser wide setting. Not sure that would ever happen though.
Interesting idea anyway.
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DeoWulf said 6:12PM on 11-12-2009
Tested it out. It actually breaks widescreen in my browser. Kind of lame.
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Duck said 10:17PM on 11-12-2009
I'd like to see some way to set this across multiple computers for multiple users.
I work in a Primary School and while we haven't ever really had any issues with kids looking up inappropriate content (of course, kids are supervised at all times while on the computers) though, I think it's a cool idea =]
Ducky
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Michael Freeman said 11:53AM on 11-25-2009
Just open a tab using Google's own Incognito mode and POOF no more lock.
Great job guys... great job.
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