Google's new policy [read important]

[deesee]

alright guys thought i'd share this with you, i know it may already be posted but i couldn't see it so sorry if it is but it's worth knowing this.


http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320137

[vishes]

This is getting absolutely ridiculous.

Thanks for the heads-up btw.

[noam]

i did this and on 'go to web history' i got a page that said 'this is your web history here is what it is blah blah blah blah' then two options 'no thanks' or 'turn on web history'

i clicked no thanks

but thats different to what the instructions said

either way im not bothered about google knowing what i search for, there's nothing incriminating in there but i'd still like to just be in control of it so haveidunitwrong or what?

[Muncey]

Thanks for the heads-up btw.

[gnome]

Done. Thanks. Being able to see all my search history is slightly unnerving.

[clifford_-]

i dont think ive got an account, is there anyway of finding out? cant they still do it if i dont have an account?

[deesee]

not sure tbh. think its just youtube or google+ accounts. could try hotmail.

[vishes]

also just regular gmail. If you have a gmail account, just go to google.com and log in on that account. then you should just follow the steps from the above website.

[clifford_-]

it didnt work with my live account, and my youtube account has been frozen because it uses my old email which i cant get into, so im never signed into youtube, definitly dont have a gmail account!

[JBoy]

Doesnt work like it says in the link anyway.

[Sexual_Chocolate]

back to hotmail

back to altavista

back to errrr.... wtf is there instead of youtube? (dailymotion? lol)

[NW_DUBAHOLIC]

i did this and on 'go to web history' i got a page that said 'this is your web history here is what it is blah blah blah blah' then two options 'no thanks' or 'turn on web history'

i clicked no thanks

but thats different to what the instructions said

either way im not bothered about google knowing what i search for, there's nothing incriminating in there but i'd still like to just be in control of it so haveidunitwrong or what?

I had the same thing happen. I read about it and apparently that means you selected to not have Google keep your web history in the first place. If people just selected that when they made their account they would have nothing to worry about. Not a big deal really.

[vishes]

I'm mostly using http://www.blackle.com/ now anyways, because I fucking hate the full white background of google at night, it's like staring into the fucking sun.
Would that solve anything you think? Or is this basically still the same. I don't know.

[wormcode]

Jokes if you think hotmail/MS etc don't do the same thing.

Anyway, who puts real info on their email/youtube? There shouldn't be a way to identify you, and they would need court orders to do such and by then you're probably fucked as it is haha. I think most people actually concerned wiith privacy would not have their identity on those services to tie them into this in the first place.

Vishes, you can change the background to whatever you want.

[Trichome]

back to hotmail

back to altavista

back to errrr.... wtf is there instead of youtube? (dailymotion? lol)

altavista doesn't exist anymore... its just yahoo now.

[Sexual_Chocolate]

back to hotmail

back to altavista

back to errrr.... wtf is there instead of youtube? (dailymotion? lol)

altavista doesn't exist anymore... its just yahoo now.

yea i know, still comes up as altavista though lol

[vishes]

Vishes, you can change the background to whatever you want.

How

Am I really that stupid?

[Sexual_Chocolate]

Vishes, you can change the background to whatever you want.

How

Am I really that stupid?

left hand bottom corner "change background image"

[Motorway to Roswell]

find it strange that people worry about privacy when they willingly post all sorts of personal things in the hideout

you could find all sorts about a lot of people just by trawling through the threads on dsf

[el-tel]

they probly keep your history even if you say no.
google gets on my tits, they have to stick their oar in everything
i would like to use an alternative to youtube to get away from the fuckers, but their all shit.