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Simple ways to find exposed sensitive information

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     filetype:pdf site:hackerone.com "confidential"

Tip: Confidential docs should always be watermarked and never marked with embedded text for this very reason.

Do google et al not use OCR for indexing PDFs?

It's this really important? I assume that the second confidential document is exposed so completely that it's even indexed by Google you already lost.

This made me think. How long before search engines flat out refuse such searches like LLMs do?

We're already most of the way.

> In response to a legal request submitted to Google, we have removed ${n} result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read more about the request at LumenDatabase.org.

> Some results may have been removed under data protection law in Europe. Learn more

You'll also get diversionary messages for certain queries (e.g. if it thinks you're suicidal)

I guess it's inevitable. There's already precedent and LLMs are getting used more and more by search engines.

I am kind of also waiting to see what navigation app will be the first to divert one's route so they pass in front of a sponsored store. :)

> I am kind of also waiting to see what navigation app will be the first to divert one's route so they pass in front of a sponsored store.

I've just gone through all 5 stages of grief regarding you comment.

Waze (Google) has been doing this for years. :-/

How does it do it?

They have been for years, ever since they stopped allowing for literal string search.

They've been delisting pirate sites for ages

> In theory, a censor block is gonna come on an' the screen will say severely, "Public Policy Forbids This Service." You hafta have censor blocks or the kiddies will be askin' detailed questions about things they're too young to know. And there are other reasons. As you will see.

A Logic Named Joe, Murray Leinster, 1946.

Cool blog. Been lurking on it for a while.

Hi rl1987, how do I get involved in this space?

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