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It’s common knowledge that, by combining boolean search, google, and common sense, you can gain access to sensitive documents and files you shouldn’t have access to. In fact, it isn’t uncommon to read in the news stories of how corporation’s websites and other confidential data were compromised due to results accidentally being made freely available to the public online because of somebody’s negligence.
Immigration laws are constantly changing and new laws being proposed, and as an ethical and law abiding expatriot who isn’t going to use the tips and tricks taught by c14ism to peform illegal acts, it is in your best interest to stay abreast of any and all laws which could affect your work visa and eventual employment in your target country.
The possibilities:
By correctly using boolean search and google you’ll have access to:
- Laws that currently affect you
- New laws that will affect you
- Explanations of possible loopholes/exemptions you can use to your advantage
- Advice from other expats who were in similar situations as you
- Lawyers and non-profit organizations who can help you
- Telephone numbers, mailing and email addresses to people can answer your questions
- Blogs and chat forums that have already addressed your problem
- Important documents, applications, and other paperwork you will need
- Government offices and departments with special information and/or priviledges mainstream offices and department’s don’t want the general public to know
The command codes:
The results:
Now that you have the necessary codes, you can string them together to find some interesting results specific to your goals.
For example:
site:gouv.fr filetype:pdf cerfa yields a printable .pdf list of every official cerfa application available on the official French website.
site:de filetype:doc immigration law yields word documents concerning immigration laws available on websites with a german (.de) extension.
Key tips to remember:
- English isn’t the only language used on the internet, so when searching for documents, remember to consider the equivalent word for the target language. For example, if searching the internet for a work visa application, the word “application” in English is translated as “demande” in French and “Anwendung” in German.
- Be careful not to stick your nose too deeply into where it doesn’t belong. Your presence in a restricted area could set off some red flags with some governmental monitoring agency, and before you know it inconspicuous carpet cleaning vans with unnecessarily large antennaes on top may begin appearing just up the street from your building at odd hours.
- If during your research you should uncover vulnerabilities in other people’s systems, such as an internal word document memo containing usernames & passwords (hey, it’s happened) an ethical person would alert the concerned parties immediately of the vulnerability.
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7 Hacker and clever google tricks worth knowing
Google Search & Rescue For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
The best Google search secrets
10 Obscure google search tricks
