VKontakte has an option to hide the user's page from search engines.
Once upon a time, in 2007, the pages of VK users were available for viewing only to other logged-in users, and from the outside no opportunity to see them existed.
However, a lot of time ago, the situation has changed, and profiles with might and main are indexed by search engines. The personal data hunters are delighted - now it’s easier to find out the mother’s maiden name or the number of the first school where the person studied, it’s enough to google it and get a ready-made dossier. Proponents of maintaining privacy and anonymity on the Web are indignant.
Yesterday, a new item appeared in the settings of a popular social network that allows you to close a page from indexing, or to exclude it from inside contact search.
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It is clear that this is not a panacea, but the news is still pleasant.
% username%, remember - the Illuminati are after you!
However, a lot of time ago, the situation has changed, and profiles with might and main are indexed by search engines. The personal data hunters are delighted - now it’s easier to find out the mother’s maiden name or the number of the first school where the person studied, it’s enough to google it and get a ready-made dossier. Proponents of maintaining privacy and anonymity on the Web are indignant.
Yesterday, a new item appeared in the settings of a popular social network that allows you to close a page from indexing, or to exclude it from inside contact search.
')
It is clear that this is not a panacea, but the news is still pleasant.
% username%, remember - the Illuminati are after you!
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/129921/
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