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amother

OP ↓

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 9:07 am

I got a new phone. I never had a filter on my old phone. I went to search something and something popped up that "safe search" is on. Im on an android. I do not want a filter. I never put one on either. And I am sure my husband didnt either. So I am confused how my new phone has a filter that I didnt put on or into my new phone.
Any ideas?

Molly Weasley ↓

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 9:34 am

Can you post a screenshot of what this looks like? Could be to Google setting.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 9:46 am

Molly Weasley wrote:

Can you post a screenshot of what this looks like? Could be to Google setting.

It most probably is, but Im not even logged in to google. And if my android is connected to a google account, I have no recollection. Oy.

↑ Molly Weasley

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 10:00 am

amother OP wrote:

It most probably is, but Im not even logged in to google. And if my android is connected to a google account, I have no recollection. Oy.

If you send the screenshot of what the "safe search" looks like, perhaps I can be of help

chanatron1000

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 10:03 am

There are different types of safe search. It can be triggered by a filter, an antivirus, or parental controls, or it might just be the default on your phone for some reason.

balance

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 11:27 am

Mcaffe triggers this.

jflower ↓

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 11:29 am

Safe search shows up if you use duckduckGo as your search engine.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 12:07 pm

balance wrote:

Mcaffe triggers this.

I dont have that on my phone.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 12:08 pm

jflower wrote:

Safe search shows up if you use duckduckGo as your search engine.

I havent installed that. I just used a regular internet search.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 12:09 pm

chanatron1000 wrote:

There are different types of safe search. It can be triggered by a filter, an antivirus, or parental controls, or it might just be the default on your phone for some reason.

I dont have a filter, antivirus or parental controls on my phone.
And if it would be a default, would there be a way to change that?

amother

DarkOrange

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 12:23 pm

amother OP wrote:

I havent installed that. I just used a regular internet search.

What do you mean a regular internet search? Which search engine are you using? Are you doing a google search?

↑ jflower

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 12:30 pm

amother OP wrote:

I dont have a filter, antivirus or parental controls on my phone.
And if it would be a default, would there be a way to change that?

OP, open your browser (I e chrome, firefox, opera, brave etc.) then look for browser settings. In Chrome there's a gear icon at the bottom right of the screen. In brave, press on the three dots at the bottom right of the screen and then go to settings.

Look for 'search engine' and post what it says.

Hashem_Yaazor ↓

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 5:25 pm

Safe search is barely a filter, it just prevents the worst of the worst.
Is it really impeding your functionality?

amother

Birch

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 5:27 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

Safe search is barely a filter, it just prevents the worst of the worst.
Is it really impeding your functionality?

I don't know OP, but I know it can be a problem for some medical personnel.

↑ Hashem_Yaazor ↓

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 5:36 pm

On a phone?

amother

↑ OP ↓

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 5:40 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

Safe search is barely a filter, it just prevents the worst of the worst.
Is it really impeding your functionality?

Well seeing as j never had a filter, this feels very restrictive.
And thats not the point of my post.
But thank you anyway.

amother

Chestnut

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 5:45 pm

To me safe search is good as it means if I mistype or if there's an inappropriate second meaning of a word then I don't get all sorts of things popping up. At the very least I don't need to accidentally end up on some p0rn website.
It's not a filter as such, it just means you can't search for something inappropriate. If you typed in the website into browser, it wouldn't stop you accessing the site, which a filter would.

↑ Hashem_Yaazor ↓

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 5:55 pm

https://www.google.com/safesea.....-card

What happens when you click that link?

amother

↑ OP

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 5:58 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

https://www.google.com/safesearch?hl=en&prev=https://www.google.com/search?q%3Dturning%2Boff%2Bsafesearch%2Bon%2Bandroid%26oq%3Dturning%2Boff%2Bsafe%2Bsearch%26gs_lcrp%3DEgZjaHJvbWUqCQgEEAAYChiABDIJCAAQRRg5GIAEMgcIARAAGIAEMgcIAhAAGIAEMgcIAxAAGIAEMgkIBBAAGAoYgAQyCQgFEAAYChiABDIICAYQABgWGB4yCAgHEAAYFhgeMgoICBAAGAoYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHjIICAoQABgWGB4yCAgLEAAYFhgeMggIDBAAGBYYHjIICA0QABgWGB4yCAgOEAAYFhge0gEINDk1OWowajSoAgKwAgE%26client%3Dms-android-oneplus%26sourceid%3Dchrome-mobile%26ie%3DUTF-8&authuser=0&continue=https://www.google.com/search?q%3Dturning%2Boff%2Bsafesearch%2Bon%2Bandroid%26oq%3Dturning%2Boff%2Bsafe%2Bsearch%26gs_lcrp%3DEgZjaHJvbWUqCQgEEAAYChiABDIJCAAQRRg5GIAEMgcIARAAGIAEMgcIAhAAGIAEMgcIAxAAGIAEMgkIBBAAGAoYgAQyCQgFEAAYChiABDIICAYQABgWGB4yCAgHEAAYFhgeMgoICBAAGAoYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHjIICAoQABgWGB4yCAgLEAAYFhgeMggIDBAAGBYYHjIICA0QABgWGB4yCAgOEAAYFhge0gEINDk1OWowajSoAgKwAgE%26client%3Dms-android-oneplus%26sourceid%3Dchrome-mobile%26ie%3DUTF-8&utm_source=ga-ob-search&utm_medium=safe-search-card

What happens when you click that link?

amother

Linen

Mon, Aug 26 2024, 6:04 pm

If you aren't signed in on Google, safe search has a default node which you can not change without an accounts if you make a Google account or log in with an existing one, it will allow you to change it.

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