Jan
Google declares entire internet unsafe
A glitch occurred this morning, lasting for about 10 minutes or so, that had all Google search results showing a warning that “This site may harm your computer”.
These sites may harm my computer?
Below are several blogs that mention this.
http://thenextweb.com/2009/01/31/day-google-broke/#
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/31/google-flags-whole-internet-as-malware/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmtorrone/3241481388/
This might all just be funny if it weren’t for the fact that Google is a repository of a lot of information about us.
Privacy experts have long been concerned about the amount of data Google collects from internet users. Every time you do a search or use Gmail or any other Google application, you supply information to Google that it stores in its vast array of servers. We want to believe that information is secure or anonymous. Every time Google suffers a hiccup like this, our trust takes a hit and our concerns increase.
Update: A Google blogger explains the error, http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-site-may-harm-your-computer-on.html
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