google is your friend?

[seanr]

I just found something really...disturbing to say the least.
apparantly, google is invading loads of people's privacy every day

link

it does make sense, as when ads provided by google show up, they seem to usually link to a "gar parship" or something to do with gay stuff.

what do you all think?

[seanr]

whoops. I tried to post in entertainment/technology, but it posted in chit chat
very strange.
anyway, feel free to move it should you classify it as that.

Well they're opening the door for stalkers too. I recently had somebody stalking on my boyfriend by searching a username he has... and finding a forum he doesn't give a shit about.

[kettleoffish]

Originally Posted by seanr

whoops. I tried to post in entertainment/technology, but it posted in chit chat
very strange.
anyway, feel free to move it should you classify it as that.

I guess that's the Internet's way of telling you to stop putting your nose where it doesn't belong

Anyway, I've known about most of the things on that site for a while, and although it is kind of disturbing how much information Google has in its possession about .. well just about everybody, it is just so gosh darn useful .

[-Michael-]

I've known this for aaaages.

I don't care.
It is funny hearing my siblings complain why they keep getting gay adverts on a totally
different computer.

I clear my private data in firefox everytime i cancel off it.
It pops up asking me.

all cookies etc.

I have the google toolbar, I'm fine with google being able to update itself.
I only use it to have a one click link to my mail.

Although having it save my search history when my browser does not, is annoying.
Not that I search anything that needs to be hidden.

EDIT*
Which i have now deactivated.