![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Millions of Brits would be embarrassed if others saw their internet search history, for fear of looking silly, stupid – or naughty.A study of 2,000 adults found 17% would feel ashamed if friends and family knew what they looked up online, with 40% of those worrying about sharing the daft thoughts they have.A further four in ten don’t want others to see their inappropriate history, while 37% say it reveals a side of them they don’t want to share.Others would be left red-faced if people knew of their mental health struggles (26%), their lack of knowledge (25%), or their physical problems (15%).Exactly half of those who don’t want to share their internet habits would be most shy about showing their parents.A spokesman for ExpressVPN, which commissioned the research, said: “The internet has become our best friend, but it’s important that we treat it with care.“Our research shows a large part of the country is more open with the internet than they are their own family, for one reason or the other.“People deserve privacy online – including from snooping corporations – and so shouldn’t have to deal with the worry of having their search history exposed.”While parents ranked as the people Brits would be most embarrassed about seeing their unfiltered search history, partners followed closely behind for 40%.The research, carried out by, revealed 38% would be most embarrassed if their friends saw what they had searched for online – with colleagues following behind on 20%.Among the most common topics the nation would rather search for, as opposed to asking their friends or family, include finding out the meaning of certain words, or wanting to know weight or height conversions (30% respectively).And a fifth would ratherĬhristine McGuinness has said she "followed her heart" after taking off on a holiday without her husband Paddy McGuinnessThe model, 34, landed back in the UK from a sunny holiday in Croatia with a group of friends, saying she felt “blessed” to have made “memories for life” in a social media post.Posting a gallery of holiday snaps, the star wrote: “I followed my heart and it led me to Croatia" with a heart emoji.READ NEXT: Christine McGuinness wows in bikini during rare holiday with husband Paddy“Memories for life, I’m feeling very lucky, so blessed. Albinos have long been the targets of sick killings in Malawi and other countries in and around the African Great Lakes area.Witch doctors wrongly promulgated the idea that they possess magical powers, meaning their body parts and bones are used in rituals. Convicted of murdering his own albino brother in order to sell his body parts on as good luck charms.Macdonald Masumbuka, 22, was killed by his brother and four other men in Malawi in 2018.All of the men received life with hard labour after sentencing at Malawi high court today (June 28).READ MORE: Subway customer shoots employee dead as sandwich 'had too much mayonnaise on'Catholic priest Thomas Muhosha, a herbalist, a police officer and two other men received a lesser sentence of 30 years for participating in the sale of Masumbuka's body parts.The Catholic Church had already suspended Muhosha from priesthood when his involvement in the gruesome ordeal first came to light in 2018.The victim was reported missing in the southern district of Machinga in February 2018.His torso and head were discovered a month later but his arms and legs had been chopped off.Speaking at today's sentencing, Judge Dorothy NyaKaunda Kamanga noted that Masumbuka - slain violently in a graveyard - was betrayed by people close to him.This, along with how meticulously the murder was planned, where the key aspects of the case she considered when sentencing the men.
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