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With all these pictures on the internet, I guess I missed what has recently gone down with google.

 

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Considering i already think the government is watching everything i do online? Yeah, im pretty concerned.

 

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i for one, welcome my google overlord

 

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Well, I just configured google to not remember my history. Problem solved.

 

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You are naive if you think this has not already been happening for years in many different facets on the internet.



Don't like it, but it is there.

 

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Dont care much.

 

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You mean the ad tracking?

OH NO

I HAVE ADBLOCK

WHATEVER WILL I DO

 

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regulator_cracka posted:
You are naive if you think this has not already been happening for years in many different facets on the internet.



Don't like it, but it is there.

 

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It is more than just ad tracking and yes I have adblock also.

 

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Meh. I guess I'm from a different generation. As long as I'm still allowed to do whatever I want, I don't care if someone's watching. I pretty much assume the government knows everything about me already anyway.

Those red light cameras piss me the fk off though

 

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Could someone link me to the details of this?

Or should I continue to browse pictures on the internet?

 

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Kah_v2 posted:
Could someone link me to the details of this?

Or should I continue to browse pictures on the internet?




Lanacan actually stumbled on something useful during his spamfest.

 

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regulator_cracka posted:
Kah_v2 posted:
Could someone link me to the details of this?

Or should I continue to browse pictures on the internet?




Lanacan actually stumbled on something useful during his spamfest.


That's why you're the spam king.

Click any thread by anyone about anything. Bravo.

 

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Nu uh!



hypnotized

 

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I've had mine paused for some time.
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regulator_cracka posted:
Kah_v2 posted:
Could someone link me to the details of this?

Or should I continue to browse pictures on the internet?




Lanacan actually stumbled on something useful during his spamfest.


?

My Web History isn't even enabled for any of my accounts.

 

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On one of my accounts it let me pause it, on the other it just gave me an option to turn it on or "no thanks". If you clicked "no thanks" it just took you to the google homepage. Do i have to turn it on to pause it? (probably a really stupid question lol)

 

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I've been locked down six ways from Sunday for over a decade now. And I don't use Google as my main search engine anyway. Even if I did, they and their affiliates would get little from me.

 

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my web history capturing was never turned on...so there is nothing to delete and no option to delete anything

 

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One had it set to paused, no idea how it was ever turned on. The other never had it turned on.

What pisses me off is that it bricks my Galaxy Nexus...if I want to stop using Google stuff.

 

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I dont use google or gmail


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i don't have gmail but i do use google and have a youtube account


i definitely think we need consumer protection laws that allows us to safeguard/protect against info collection....there needs to be a guaranteed opt out clause that isn't conditional on the product's use...

 

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Cool mine had web history going back to 2009 apparently.

 

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Cuttlery posted:
Dont care much.

 

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Brandun posted:


I don't log into Google and why would I care if they know what I search for

thinking



And when I fap I use private browsing anyway


And again I'm not looking at anything illegal so why would I care??

 

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Its crap.

 

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Elaok posted:
i for one, welcome my google overlord


lol

 

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Dark_EternalFF posted:
You mean the ad tracking?

OH NO

I HAVE ADBLOCK

WHATEVER WILL I DO


Such a simple and free tool yet the majority of people still don't even know about it. I wonder if they knew it can block youtube video ad's too....

 

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you, your mom, google and the gov can all line up and blow me

 

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