Google Safe Search

[GLPLeigh]

I have a suspicion that Google Safe Search isn't working properly. I'm testing on an unfiltered laptop so that it is only Safe Search (filtering on) that is adding any protection, and when I enter certain 'fruity' phrases Google is returning some results which I can click through to (sex toys is one such search). The equivalent Bing Safe Search returns no results at all. What I don't know is if this is expected behaviour from Google. I would expect it to behave more like Bing and not return any results.

 

Has anyone else seen this? Is it an issue? Any theories, ideas or help welcome.

[PaddyNewman]

QUIC?

 

[GLPLeigh]

I'm not sure how that is managed through our firewalls, but I've sent an email to our provider to see if they can help.

 

This would only effect Safe Search when on a school site though I'm guessing, and I get the same results when I'm at home.

 

Thanks for responding!

[PaddyNewman]

Worth trying this on your browser.

 

Open dev tools > Network > on the table, right click the header row and add protocol.

In the same tab, go to https://cloudflare-quic.com and see if it says h3, if it does, QUIC is enabled and you have more problems than Google safe search

 

if not, its not QUIC or http/3 enabled.

[GLPLeigh]

Thanks for the tip. I'm not at an academy at the moment, so I'll need to get someone else to check for me.

 

Just tested it in the office and the URL shows as h3. The page itself says the browser used HTTP/3.