http://www.latimes.c...0,2129072.story

 

 

tl;dr: They will know what you do according to your website history. This will go against those who goes on specific sites. pr0n

 

 

So, what do you expect from this? Website suggestions based on video games? News and Politics? Music? I can expect a lot of Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Art suggestions.

 

I don't like it how they look up my history, and it seems that clearing your browser history won't help at all...

 

Quoted from the article, this is a few ways how you can avoid them stealing your history.

 

 

1. Don't log into a Google account when you go online. Google's privacy changes mostly affect people who have a Google account such as Gmail or Google+. But even if you do have a Google account, you can still use plenty of Google's services -- including YouTube, Search and Maps -- without logging in first. The company may still show you targeted ads based on search terms, but at least that wart cream you just bought on CVS.com won't be linked to you forever.

2. Use another search engine. If you don't like that Google is keeping tabs on what you are looking for, you can always try another search engine when scouring the Internet for stories on Angelina Jolie and her leg. Even better, you can rotate between a number of search engines so that no one company has a complete picture of what (or who) you like to look for online.

3. Turn off the setting that allows Google to record your search history. Google has made it very simple to pause, edit or remove your search history via www.google.com/history. However, clearing your search history doesn't necessarily mean it is instantly deleted from Google's archive, according to Eva Galperin, an activist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She explains, “With Web history enabled, Google will keep these records indefinitely; with it disabled, they will be partially anonymized after 18 months.”

4. Take your Google data and head for the hills. In the spirit of “being big without being evil” Google created the Data Liberation Front, a website that teaches people how to export data from some key Google platforms like Google Docs and Gmail so you can quit Google without leaving all your treasured documents and emails behind.

I don't really care myself, but then again I'm not spending my time looking at porn All my ads are usually in Japanese so they're easy to ignore. But it does get creepy when things like this happens: http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2012/02/target_coupons_inform_father_daughters_pregnancy.php

I don't really care myself, but then again I'm not spending my time looking at porn All my ads are usually in Japanese so they're easy to ignore. But it does get creepy when things like this happens: http://blogs.citypag...s_pregnancy.php

 

Well that is mess up. I think that it is an issue over privacy. I wonder why Google have done this. I wish Google go back the way it used to be, a simple search engine.

This doesn't really affect me, cuz all I mostly look up video game stuff and music. No pr0n lol.

 

I understand that they're a business and that maximizing the proficiency of their ad software will get more people to click on more ads, thus giving those businesses more money, in turn funding google, so that we can continue using their free services. But come on, this feels like invasion of my privacy, Google.

 

Yeah, sure I could use Bing and sometimes I do, but IMO, Google is the best search engine out there.

I don't really care, I'm never logged in when I do a search anyway. Just a check check on gmail or youtube and I log out. Even if I was looking up things I shouldn't, I'd log out first, or use a different search engine that doesn't keep history.

I don't do pr0n or anything like that. Mainly i'm looking up Youtube, fanfiction, or i'm here so I don't really have to be bothered by anything. Anyways all I have to do is switch back to Internet Explorer since it's still on the computer and i'll be golden.

Well, no more letting my girlfriend use my laptop. She doesnt need to see the ads thatll come up.

MY PRoN!?!?!?!

 

This honestly doesn't bother me all to much. I mean, honestly, what does anyone really search on Google that they're embarrassed at some guy working at Google to see? It's generally for research, finding people or things, ect. Nothing seriously embarrassing .-. I don't care if they get a list of what I've ordered online.