Found my picture and my conversations here on Google

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Found pictures and info of my and others on these forums on Google. Do you know if there is a way to get them off?
 

oldsunbird said:
Found pictures and info of my and others on these forums on Google. Do you know if there is a way to get them off?
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Pretty sure that once something is on the 'Net (which is everything we ever do online), it's on the 'Net forever. (Meaning findable via search engines.) If you're not comfortable with your picture there, you can change your avatar for future posts, but what's already there will remain, I do believe.
 
Matrix said:
Please "Report" the posts/pictures you want to have removed, once they are taken down from this forum, Google will also remove them after a while.
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Thank you. I don't want my conversations removed. If I have to do that, I'll just leave it alone. I suppose if they can't get ino my profile, there is no need to worry.
 
An experience like that would surely cause most of us to feel very upset and to be extra cautious. Very sorry that awful thing happened to you, and to your friend, @oldsunbird

In general, many of us don't give identifying info in posts, in any forum.
 
Kaila said:
An experience like that would surely cause most of us to feel very upset and to be extra cautious. Very sorry that awful thing happened to you, and to your friend, @oldsunbird

In general, many of us don't give identifying info in posts, in any forum.
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Thank you Kaila. I am fairly certain I haven't given any info in my posts that would identfy me.
 
hawkdon said:
I once found a pic of my middle brother and my dad on the
web....neither had any computer access!?@?@?
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Unbelievably I found a picture of my father on the internet that I didn't know about and I'm almost certain he wouldn't have known about either.

It was a photo of him at work, taken clearly by a member of the public, in the late 60's... and I found it about 20 years ago...on the internet.

He would have been astounded if he'd seen it
 
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The dark web is a scary place, more of our information is available there than we would like to know. It's the monster under the bed, only this monster is real.

Change your passwords often and use two-point authentication or facial recognition when ever possible.
 
I'm sure coming across that information was very disconcerting! A few years ago, the State of N.J.'s employees and retirees had our names, salaries/pension amounts and ages published. I happened across it because I "Google" myself from time to time to see where my music is winding up. I also found out a porn site was using one of my songs! I sent an email to Google immediately and they handled it.

How did you find the pictures? What did you input in the search to get to them?
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I'm sure coming across that information was very disconcerting! A few years ago, the State of N.J.'s employees and retirees had our names, salaries/pension amounts and ages published. I happened across it because I "Google" myself from time to time to see where my music is winding up. I also found out a porn site was using one of my songs! I sent an email to Google immediately and they handled it.

How did you find the pictures? What did you input in the search to get to them?
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I log in to Senior Forums from Google. That's how I found it. Others are there too. Not just our pictures, but all our posts and answers. Posted as recent members.
 
Gardenlover said:
The dark web is a scary place, more of our information is available there than we would like to know. It's the monster under the bed, only this monster is real.

Change your passwords often and use two-point authentication or facial recognition when ever possible.
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Thanks Gardrnlover. I should do that. Iused to use the same one everywhere so I could remember it. Then I used different ones for different sites, writing them down in a small notebook. Then I misplaced the notebook. I blame it on my age. :)
 
oldsunbird said:
I log in to Senior Forums from Google. That's how I found it. Others are there too. Not just our pictures, but all our posts and answers. Posted as recent members.
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I use Brave's private browser to log into SF. For one thing, I found that I don't see ads when I use Brave, but was seeing them here when I used Chrome. I have done a Google search a couple of times for OneEyedDiva and nothing came up. Curious. :unsure: I'll try again later using my tablet. Chrome loads so slow lately when I'm on my computer. Thank you for the heads up.
 
oldsunbird said:
I am fairly certain I haven't given any info in my posts that would identfy me.
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No, you didn't give any information that would identify you, Mary... I just looked at your profile. You sound like a totally lovely person! The only thing to consider if you're still concerned about privacy here is perhaps using an avatar that isn't your actual photo. So glad you joined us here! @oldsunbird
 

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