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RE: Today is Google change day
March 1, 2012 at 12:27 am
What's their new privacy policy?
I don't know anything about it other than they've been telling me it matters. Does it?
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RE: Today is Google change day
March 1, 2012 at 1:59 am
Meh, I like target advertising. It's nice to get ads on stuff I am actually interested rather than the usual, Viagra and wierd education ads I seem to usually get.
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RE: Today is Google change day
March 1, 2012 at 3:15 am
Evidence google already targeted their ads: I've not seen a viagra ad in... 2 years?
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RE: Today is Google change day
March 1, 2012 at 5:27 am
@padraic:
Evidence for that assertion please? As far as I am aware, Chrome's privacy policy is being kept separate, and you can easily turn off the Google Search "Web History" which only records your searches, not where you are browsing.
The whole thing has been blown out of proportion IMO.
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RE: Today is Google change day
March 1, 2012 at 6:00 am
Yup, and there is nothing that says anything about browsing history. All they are doing is combining all their services as one (which they've already done to a degree with the Google Account).
Also, if you care about adverts, install an adblocker and an anti-tracking addon. I personally think targeted ads are a great idea; why would I want to see adverts about stuff I don't like?
