Chua Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Actually that makes lots of sense, what was the point of keeping everything separated in the first place? It was merely a consequence of different services developed at different times, and now with the growing importance and integration by the new Google Plus service, they want to integrate as much as they can into one individual account. The most important thing for me is the option to turn off personalization if I need to - but in most situations I found out that I get more efficient search results with personalization turned on. How do you turn it off? Simply log out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Finally, something to make Bing appealing to more people. I still predict Google backing off after a backlash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred110 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Aren't they doing this already? When I open an email (in gmail), I get ads on the right side that refer to things mentioned in that email. For searches I use Zone Alarm as it put a box on my address line so It is convenient to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anterian Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I just use the "hosts" file, apart from anything else it speeds things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attrayant Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 The cooler heads in is thread are right, and I just can't seem to muster up any outrage over this. As another poster said, at least They are being public about what they're doing. I've personally benefited from google's uncanny awareness of the things I've been searching for. And contrary to the tone of the thread title, the sky is not falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytebuster Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Why bother? Clean cookies before you search something sensitive; Use a separate instance of browser, with its own set of cookies; (FF can do it); Some people even have several sets of virtual personalities with full set of FB/G+/whatever accounts, and they can even be logged on simultaneously. P.S. You say, personalized advertisement? You mean, those bogus flashing images not related to websites I'm looking at? Well, maybe I've been using ad blockers for too long, enough time for forget what is ads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTao Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Google is the least of anyone's worries, the ones you should be concerned about (if you are naughty) is all the government agencies around the world who monitor all forms of communication, mind you, these agencies are looking for key words that may be used to alert them to criminal activity on a national and international levels, crimes such as the smuggling of illicit drugs and terrorist activities, the agencies also watch for activities such as child porn rings, if you are doing nothing wrong, you have no need to worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapologist Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 How, exactly, is Google being "evil"? It is slimming down it's privacy agreement and is providing no new information to any other agency than it did before. The audacity!The evilness! of a targeted-advertising business model which wants to retain consumer details across all of it's services! Unless you're an out and out socialist, Google is still the good guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annabel Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Actually that makes lots of sense, what was the point of keeping everything separated in the first place? It was merely a consequence of different services developed at different times, and now with the growing importance and integration by the new Google Plus service, they want to integrate as much as they can into one individual account. The most important thing for me is the option to turn off personalization if I need to - but in most situations I found out that I get more efficient search results with personalization turned on. THAT'S THE POINT !!! Oye!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janverbeem Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Finally, something to make Bing appealing to more people. I still predict Google backing off after a backlash. Maybe this board could set the first step then,as it is clear enough that they are in bed with google for years already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesMad Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 The whole point is privacy!! They do not ask you if you like their policy change, they force you to accept it..... "Our new Privacy Policy makes clear that, if you’re signed in, we may combine information you’ve provided from one service with information from other services. In short, we’ll treat you as a single user across all our products, which will mean a simpler, more intuitive Google experience." Some (most?) people like that idea, but I for one want to make my own decisions and I might have a good reason to be treated as multiple users across products (my choice!). What and how I surf and where I go on the internet is MY business! If I choose to share with others, I will do so, but that should MY decision, not Google's (or Facebook for that matter). Big F...kcing Brother is already watching enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I think that if this information comes in the wrong hands , they can do anything they want with you. You have no protection. So the best thing is just to stay anonymous while browsing , and maybe use fake email addresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Here is something fun. Find out what google thinks about you. Your age, sex, and interests: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences In my case, they didn't guess my age and sex but had a list of my interests. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 So I dont like BIng or Yahoo.. what is a good alternative to evil google? Try ixquick.com. Someone on this forum suggested it a while back. They don't record any of your info or identfy you. I use it now as my search engine. http://www.ixquick.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave111223 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 The whole point is privacy!! They do not ask you if you like their policy change, they force you to accept it..... "Our new Privacy Policy makes clear that, if you’re signed in, we may combine information you’ve provided from one service with information from other services. In short, we’ll treat you as a single user across all our products, which will mean a simpler, more intuitive Google experience." Some (most?) people like that idea, but I for one want to make my own decisions and I might have a good reason to be treated as multiple users across products (my choice!). What and how I surf and where I go on the internet is MY business! If I choose to share with others, I will do so, but that should MY decision, not Google's (or Facebook for that matter). Big F...kcing Brother is already watching enough Do you not understand the fact that google is providing a free service that you are choosing to use? How are they forcing you to use it? How is you surfing on the internet "Your business"...when you visit a website your request travels through 100s of servers/routers/networks, some owned by ISPs, some owned by data centers etc...none of which are owned by you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 ... For searches I use Zone Alarm as it put a box on my address line so It is convenient to use. Does this provide any anonymity? I haven't tried it but from the info I can find it sounds like just another toolbar that the search entities pay the software companies to include in their products. This is how companies are able to provide free software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gers1873 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I have mutiple gmail and hotmail accounts. None contain any 'personal information'. Well none that is real. Gmail prompts on ocassion for my mobile number austensibly for password recovery - yeah right. Makes me wonder how much Google wants to collect and how much is for the benefit of nefarious government bodies in places as diverse as the USofA and China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soboringtochooseaname Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Who stayed logged in Google account except people who know nothing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 The whole point is privacy!! They do not ask you if you like their policy change, they force you to accept it..... "Our new Privacy Policy makes clear that, if you’re signed in, we may combine information you’ve provided from one service with information from other services. In short, we’ll treat you as a single user across all our products, which will mean a simpler, more intuitive Google experience." Some (most?) people like that idea, but I for one want to make my own decisions and I might have a good reason to be treated as multiple users across products (my choice!). What and how I surf and where I go on the internet is MY business! If I choose to share with others, I will do so, but that should MY decision, not Google's (or Facebook for that matter). Big F...kcing Brother is already watching enough You are kidding right when you say they don't ask you for your opinion..? ROTFL.. They are informing you of their decision (it's their company after all not yours) and you have a decision if you want to continue using it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivas Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 If you have nothing to hide than whats the problem ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 If you have nothing to hide than whats the problem ?? Nothing to hide huh.. is that your picture in your avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 If you have nothing to hide than whats the problem ?? People who have nothing to hide ... don't have a pulse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janverbeem Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 If you have nothing to hide than whats the problem ?? Nothing to hide huh.. is that your picture in your avatar? Don't you see that isn't him but an office girl that works for him..................Or at least get paid by him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivas Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 If you have nothing to hide than whats the problem ?? Nothing to hide huh.. is that your picture in your avatar? I wish it was !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I just changed my search engine on my Firefox toolbar from Google to Yahoo. Will also drop my gmail account. Google - I don't need you anymore! Doesn't Yahoo use Google as its search engine? Yahoo is a rebranded Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 If you have nothing to hide than whats the problem ?? Most people have something to hide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janverbeem Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I just changed my search engine on my Firefox toolbar from Google to Yahoo. Will also drop my gmail account. Google - I don't need you anymore! Doesn't Yahoo use Google as its search engine? Yahoo is a rebranded Google. Yes and Saint Nicholas is the Santa Claus on a horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beedee Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 How, exactly, is Google being "evil"? It is slimming down it's privacy agreement and is providing no new information to any other agency than it did before. The audacity!The evilness! of a targeted-advertising business model which wants to retain consumer details across all of it's services! Unless you're an out and out socialist, Google is still the good guy. They are evil because their internal company motto is "Do no evil". It came from a long time ago where they said they would respect privacy and everything. Now they just put in legalese the things they were doing before. Tracking you across every site they have a little of their hooks in. Which means almost the whole world wide web. At least it's in the open. But don't think you're in the clear. They're more knowing than the governments and/or echelon programs. They can track you across sites (even encrypted ones) and sessions with a lot less error margin than echelon probably can. They can localize your computer easily. It's a mess. Best thing to do: - use a hosts file and point everything google to localhost (same for other trackers of course) - use firefox with a lot of extensions like: ghostery, noscript, adblock plus, cookie cleaners, ... - make different profiles for different things - use search engines like duckduckgo over ssl - urge every site you frequent often not to use googleapis and likeminded sites and if you have to use them, do it from different sessions - ... Plenty of things to think about, but that's the nature of the beast. Sawat dee krap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beedee Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I just changed my search engine on my Firefox toolbar from Google to Yahoo. Will also drop my gmail account. Google - I don't need you anymore! Doesn't Yahoo use Google as its search engine? Yahoo is a rebranded Google. yahoo might be rebranded bing Anyway use duckduckgo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beedee Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 If you have nothing to hide than whats the problem ?? Please send me your credit card number, expiry date, CVS number, Phone pin, social security number, passwords to all your sites and bank accounts. Thanks! No need for private message, you don't need privacy you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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