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Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Martin (Admin) on February 29, 2012, 06:50:20 pm

Title: Google records almost everything
Post by: Martin (Admin) on February 29, 2012, 06:50:20 pm

How To Clear Your Google Search History

          http://youtu.be/Om20tXfMU60 (http://youtu.be/Om20tXfMU60)

Title: Re: Google records almost everything
Post by: The long Build on February 29, 2012, 08:11:26 pm

Link not working for me , even taking out the dot.  :((

Found it  :}

Title: Re: Google records almost everything
Post by: The long Build on February 29, 2012, 08:19:11 pm

Mine was set for Don't be nosey..

Title: Re: Google records almost everything
Post by: HawkEye on February 29, 2012, 10:27:49 pm

There is a growing lack of privacy everywhere these days

Facebook is accessing smartphone users' personal text messages,

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/facebook-spies-on-phone-users-text-messages-report-says/story-e6frfku0-1226282017490#ixzz1noQRuVzu

Twitter also does this along with a large number of iphone / Android apps.

Title: Re: Google records almost everything
Post by: Tug-Kenny RIP on February 29, 2012, 10:37:11 pm

Amazon certainly knows my choice of purchases and sends a list of  "likely" product information quite regularly.  %)

I checked Google and had nothing listed.  I guess you have to sign in first to get a History panel for your name.

ken

Title: Re: Google records almost everything
Post by: DickyD on March 01, 2012, 06:24:13 am

Thanks Martin, sorted mine out.  (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/DickyD_photos/Smileys/tumb.gif)

Title: Re: Google records almost everything
Post by: nhp651 on March 01, 2012, 08:52:37 am

cheers martin.........mind you.....I never knew I HAD  a google account, lol %% %%

Title: Re: Google records almost everything
Post by: Tug-Kenny RIP on March 01, 2012, 10:13:19 am

It's even on the main Radio news today.  Must be frightening a lot of people.  %)


ken

Title: Re: Google records almost everything
Post by: chingdevil on March 01, 2012, 10:54:18 am

Thanks Martin

I knew Gmail checked all your emails, I was not aware that Google were going to do the same thing with your searches. Now logged out of Google, will use it as a guest from now on.

Brian