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Sysman replied

18 February 2012, 12:35
Originally Posted by russell

I don't care if Google do any of this tulip, we get to search most of the web for free. from a clean ad free home page, its always up and always fast. Why are all the non contributing idiots always the first to complain. Giving up a little privacy is well worth it, unless you have something to hide.

Other search engines which respect your privacy are available. Google isn't your only choice.
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Sysman replied

18 February 2012, 12:30
Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

Forget what software it was but I agreed to an updated privacy policy the other day that was about 33 pages long. Of course I didn't read it.

The Youtube agreement I looked at a couple of years ago was 18 pages long so I didn't bother to create an account there.

Google added Youtube capability to my G+ account without asking.

What could possibly go wrong?
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TimberWolf replied

18 February 2012, 10:30
Forget what software it was but I agreed to an updated privacy policy the other day that was about 33 pages long. Of course I didn't read it.
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Sysman replied

18 February 2012, 10:25
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Swines.

Default search engine now yahoo. Still looks like I remember in 1995.

Google admits tracking Safari users | Technology | guardian.co.uk

KUATB!
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DodgyAgent replied

18 February 2012, 00:21
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Why is it always the default position of the users that the Google would be benign with this information?

Great sadness is what I think if someone somewhere should believe they can define my life with a collection of search terms.

What? Like loser?
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wim121 replied

17 February 2012, 23:55
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Oh no. It's the "unless you have something to hide" brigade.

WHS +1
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scooterscot replied

17 February 2012, 23:41
Originally posted by russell View Post

I don't care if Google do any of this tulip, we get to search most of the web for free. from a clean ad free home page, its always up and always fast. Why are all the non contributing idiots always the first to complain. Giving up a little privacy is well worth it, unless you have something to hide.

Oh no. It's the "unless you have something to hide" brigade.
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russell replied

17 February 2012, 23:16
I don't care if Google do any of this tulip, we get to search most of the web for free. from a clean ad free home page, its always up and always fast. Why are all the non contributing idiots always the first to complain. Giving up a little privacy is well worth it, unless you have something to hide.

Last edited by russell; 17 February 2012, 23:18.
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scooterscot replied

17 February 2012, 23:04
Why is it always the default position of the users that the Google would be benign with this information?

Great sadness is what I think if someone somewhere should believe they can define my life with a collection of search terms.
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wim121 replied

17 February 2012, 22:50
They have been doing this for a long time ...... It isnt just google either .....

I find it amusing you are worried about targeted ads? Instead I would be a lot more worried about what google does with data from every search ever done. All of that data is stored.

In short, given the inclination, they have every search profiling you as an individual over the years, stored away. That information can be used to characterise and defame you to such an extent, a database know you better than you know yourself.
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scooterscot replied

17 February 2012, 22:48
Faircroft warned me about you...
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AtW replied

17 February 2012, 22:38
****!

They tailed you right to this place!!!!

Sergey might call me any minute now!
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17 February 2012, 22:37
Google admits tracking Safari users

Swines.

Default search engine now yahoo. Still looks like I remember in 1995.

Internet giant says it circumvented security settings in browser to track users on desktops and iPhones

Google has come under attack for violating users' privacy and ignoring their wishes after admitting that it intentionally circumvented security settings in Apple's Safari browser to track users on both desktop computers and iPhones.

A number of other advertisers exploited the loophole it had created to track those users too.

"Our data suggests that millions of users may have been affected," Jonathan Mayer, the independent researcher at Stanford University who discovered the workaround by the search giant, told the Guardian.

An Apple spokesman said: "We are aware that some third parties are circumventing Safari's privacy features and we are working to put a stop to it."

Google admits tracking Safari users | Technology | guardian.co.uk
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