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[–] tacotroubles@lemmy.world 56 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] z00s@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Not gonna fall for it, Coast Guard.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You can't fool me, Men in Black

Do I look like a sucker to you Illuminaut... eh, fuck it. They have it all already.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Not twice in a day, NSA

[–] moreeni@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Here's the "you tried" cake, security service of Ukraine

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[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I am as perplexed as you are.

[–] CooperHawkes@lemm.ee 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Not in the slightest. I don’t care if they know my darkest kinks. That’s life. Everyone has something out of the ordinary that appeals to them. I owe no one any explanation for it. Nothing I enjoy is illegal so let them see.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It honestly baffles me that so many people feel so ashamed of liking porn when they logically know that nearly everyone else likes it too.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

honestly if the people I know in daily life knew some of the porn I've, um, enjoyed, they would never look at me the same way again, I would have an identity/existential crisis, have to leave town and start all over again rebuilding new relationships with all new acquaintances

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

That's weird of them... you know they like the same porn, right? Masturbation is a private activity so the porn you watch is your business alone - unless it's made without consent (including cp and beast because they're unable to consent).

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 19 points 8 months ago

100% and I sure as shit ain't posting it here. 🀣

[–] Tolstoshev@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago
[–] WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi 17 points 8 months ago

Search history? nah, who cares.
Calculator history? plz don't look, i promise i'm good at math.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 8 months ago

Nope. If anything they see shocks them, a) that's their problem, not mine and b) serves them right for snooping

[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 10 points 8 months ago

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.

[–] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] solarvector@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

Your recorded history may not be stored locally. Would be shocking if Google didn't have some way of de-anonymizing searches.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

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.

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[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 8 points 8 months ago

Spell checks and basic maths.

[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Yes. The internet.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is Pornhub a search engine? Cause my queries on there would probably raise some eyebrows.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Oh do Please list them all here πŸ˜›

I'll set the mood for you, here, start with this:

[NSFW]

[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 months ago

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.'

[–] ashley@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

my search history is just programming/server admin stuff so its likely they wouldn't care/ wouldn't understand or would just get plain bored really quickly lol

[–] swab148@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago (4 children)
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[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 7 points 8 months ago

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?

[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Librewolf be like:

[–] Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago

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.

[–] Whippygoatcream@reddthat.com 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)
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[–] SpicyAnt@mander.xyz 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have a habbit of searching my own name a few times a week and sorting by new, to check if my name appears somewhere. It makes sense to me, but I would be self-conscious about it if someone asked me why tf I am looking myself up so often as if I'm famous

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[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

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.

[–] ani@endlesstalk.org 4 points 8 months ago
[–] PoliticallyIncorrect@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Not possible search history get deleted every time I close the browser.

Porn. It's always porn

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 2 points 8 months ago

I’m sure they’d be thrilled to look into my wanting better turn signals for my car and turn signals at all for my bike.

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

Nothing I haven't already deleted!

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Any archives of me would be so massive I doubt they'd be able to make sense of it. The only thing I'd particularly prioritize removing traces of is the fact that I came across a certain guy (and no shit I really did) while in a few places. No, not supporting the guy whatsoever, but he has an expansive legacy, only somewhat better than Dark Helmet.

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[–] AsterixTheGoth@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Nope. Yes, that search I just did for how to break my network security. They don't need to know that, they can figure that shit out on their own.

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

If that ever happens I'll become both SCP-096 and SCP-096-1

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