The Cloud WiFi - PhotoBucket - The Coffee Shop

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[thetrout]

This is the second time this has happened on my computer. But today I thought I'd see what was going on. My first suspicions were that bignosemac (Not singling you out... Honest!) had messed up the IMG link, But then I realised this had happened before with his Bumper Christmas Quiz. Which later loaded fine on my laptop.



As you can see... Red Cross. I had seen that very picture on RailUK which you wouldn't be able to as a Guest. You would need to be registered and logged in. So I looked at the source. Actually BNM was pulling the image in from his PhotoBucket account. So I copied the link into my browser to see if it was a red herring all along.

Well I certainly wasn't expecting this to come up..............



So what was the common factor in all of these events. I was using a "The Cloud" WiFi hotspot... Time to start the VPN connection then.......... Oops did I just say that out loud...!

*Edit - Typo* thetrout

[JayMac]

Well I never!

There ain't no mucky pictures in my Photobucket account. And the terms of use don't allow any pornography to be uploaded or hosted either. Methinks The Cloud's filters are being a bit over-zealous.

I re-upped the original image so that I could re-size it.

Did you click that link to report the incorrect block?

[thetrout]

I didn't at the time no. But now I've learned that Photobucket has an AUP against Pornography, I will include that and a link in a report when I'm in Giraffe later this evening.

Agreed, though. Definitely Overzealous Filtering. I personally cannot stand content filtering hence why I will use a VPN connection which overrides such filters and stops people packet sniffing me on Public WiFi hotspots too

[JayMac]

Yes. Nothing worse than having your packet sniffed! Arf arf. 

[thetrout]

Yes. Nothing worse than having your packet sniffed! Arf arf. 

Well once I reach Souffend I can't rule out that happening... fnarr fnarr

[LiskeardRich]

As i was curious to find why filter thinks "bignosemac" is pornography I decided to google to find if he had a pornograhic cousin. Sadly BNM doesnt have any pornography namd after him, however I was disapointed to find the top google result is BNM's Daily Mail profile. 

[JayMac]

One shouldn't do so, but on reading that I've just Googled myself. (Well, my bignosemac alter ego)

I get returns from this forum, RailUK Forums, thisisexeter.co.uk and game-debate.com (PC gaming website) before the Daily Mail.

Still slightly shocked that with only one or two comments left at MailOnline in the past 5 years I rank that high on a Google search.

What do I need to do to get that search ranking to drop, or preferably disappear? 

[swrural]

@BNM
What emerges is that neither you nor I have ever done what you just did (look up one's non-de-plume).  It never occurred to me to do such, nor you clearly.  Congratulations, BNM, neither of us are internet saddos, now we have the proof......