The use of the Google search engine for accessing private information on the World Wide Web

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dc.contributor.authorAhmet Gürel, Ş.
dc.contributor.authorBasri, Erhan
dc.contributor.authorBitirim, Yıltan
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-06T18:00:43Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.departmentDoğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi
dc.description1st International Conference on Security of Information and Networks, SIN 2007 --
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses how the search engine Google can be used to access private information on the World Wide Web. Google hacking, the use of search operators of the Google search engine enables hackers to perform complicated queries to retrieve information located at misconfigured web-servers. In this paper, private information that might be sensitive is classified and Google hacking techniques that can be used to retrieve this information is investigated. It is found out that Google hacking enables access to private information even if they are not published publicly and kept unlinked. © 2008 Atilla Elçi.
dc.description.sponsorshipGazimagusa Teknopark, TRNC; Ministry of Education and Culture, TRNC; North Cyprus Turkcell, TRNC
dc.identifier.endpage161
dc.identifier.isbn9781425141097
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84893171176
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage151
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11129/8086
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTafford Publishing
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKonferans Öğesi - Uluslararası - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20260204
dc.subjectGoogle hacking
dc.subjectGoogle search operators
dc.subjectPrivacy
dc.subjectPrivate information
dc.subjectWorld Wide Web
dc.titleThe use of the Google search engine for accessing private information on the World Wide Web
dc.typeConference Object

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