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Google PDF Search: “not for public release”

268 pointsby webmonkeyukover 9 years ago

22 comments

ErikRognebyover 9 years ago
This was one of the most ironic things I found: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;s3.amazonaws.com&#x2F;reviz-tutorials&#x2F;The_Pirates_Code.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;s3.amazonaws.com&#x2F;reviz-tutorials&#x2F;The_Pirates_Code.pd...</a>
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Forboover 9 years ago
There&#x27;s a whole collection of this kind of search engine query at Hackers for Charity:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hackersforcharity.org&#x2F;ghdb&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hackersforcharity.org&#x2F;ghdb&#x2F;</a>
mindcrimeover 9 years ago
You can find neat stuff by adding site: qualifiers as well, like:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=not+for+public+release+filetype:pdf+site:.mil" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=not+for+public+release+filet...</a><p>or<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=top+secret+filetype:pdf+site:.gov" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=top+secret+filetype:pdf+site...</a><p>and<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=&quot;five+eyes&quot;+filetype:pdf+site:.mil" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=&quot;five+eyes&quot;+filetype:pdf+sit...</a><p>etc.
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oskarthover 9 years ago
There are even more &quot;Top Secret&quot; documents.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?as_q=&amp;as_epq=not+for+public+release&amp;as_oq=&amp;as_eq=&amp;as_nlo=&amp;as_nhi=&amp;lr=&amp;cr=&amp;as_qdr=all&amp;as_sitesearch=&amp;as_occt=any&amp;safe=images&amp;as_filetype=pdf&amp;as_rights=&amp;gws_rd=ssl#as_qdr=all&amp;q=%22top+secret%22+filetype:pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?as_q=&amp;as_epq=not+for+public+re...</a><p>(The above is sarcasm).
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Mahnover 9 years ago
Offtopic but am I the only one seeing this? <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;3pnOXot.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;3pnOXot.png</a> I thought google moved away from that black bar.
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PeterWhittakerover 9 years ago
Much more interesting if you limit the search by time.<p>Less than a month old? A single screenful, mostly Australian.
maudineormsbyover 9 years ago
A lot of these are redacted and appear to be FOIA or similar requests that have been fulfilled.
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shanemhansenover 9 years ago
This one was quite sad. The suicide of an inmate: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.drc.ohio.gov&#x2F;public&#x2F;after_action_castroA643371.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.drc.ohio.gov&#x2F;public&#x2F;after_action_castroA643371.pd...</a>
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rohan404over 9 years ago
Isn&#x27;t this one supposed to be public information anyways?: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.oema.us&#x2F;files&#x2F;FBI-OFFICES.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.oema.us&#x2F;files&#x2F;FBI-OFFICES.pdf</a>
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rusbusover 9 years ago
I wonder if those are the sort of links that can leave you on the wrong side of the Computer Fraud and Abuse act...
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ck2over 9 years ago
Now subtract -&quot;not for public release until&quot;
ikeboyover 9 years ago
Not quite the same, but the results for <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=Hyperlinking+to+the+Site+from+any+other+website+without+our+initial+and+ongoing+consent" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=Hyperlinking+to+the+Site+fro...</a> are interesting.
ChuckMcMover 9 years ago
Priceless: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amherst.edu&#x2F;system&#x2F;files&#x2F;media&#x2F;1349&#x2F;Finalproj_s10.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amherst.edu&#x2F;system&#x2F;files&#x2F;media&#x2F;1349&#x2F;Finalproj_s1...</a><p>Kind of makes me want to take Geology there, sounds like a fun place.
cvsvover 9 years ago
Assuming filetype:docx is even worse?
misiti3780over 9 years ago
wow: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.deathpenaltyinfo.org&#x2F;TENNlethinjec.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.deathpenaltyinfo.org&#x2F;TENNlethinjec.pdf</a>
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feldover 9 years ago
Tennessee execution procedures? lovely
ocdtrekkieover 9 years ago
This is pretty interesting. One did say &quot;Not for Public Release UNTIL&quot;, so could presumably be intended, but in a lot of cases webmasters probably didn&#x27;t think something would be found and indexed by Google wherever they put it. And were wrong.
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unsignedintover 9 years ago
They should have at least have set an owner password for these documents. (In practice, they are not effective preventing people to disregard limitation that you set on the document, but at least it&#x27;ll exclude documents for indexing at least by Google.)
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peterwwillisover 9 years ago
What&#x27;s especially crazy about these are that so many have been cached by Google. Anyone can read these docs and only Google would ever have a record.
hellbannerover 9 years ago
Ironically, a lot of the top results now are about this phenomenon. Reminds me of that page that deleted it self when indexed
dan-silverover 9 years ago
Combine with site:[url] for smaller scope. example: &quot;not for public release&quot; filetype:pdf site:house.gov
qupearover 9 years ago
Why use &quot;filetype&quot; and not &quot;ext&quot;? The results are identical.
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