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Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:13 pm
by 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
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:44 pm
by vishes
This is getting absolutely ridiculous.
Thanks for the heads-up btw.
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:52 pm
by 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?
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:55 pm
by Muncey
vishes wrote:Thanks for the heads-up btw.
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:07 pm
by gnome
Done. Thanks. Being able to see all my search history is slightly unnerving.
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:12 pm
by 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?
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:15 pm
by deesee
not sure tbh. think its just youtube or google+ accounts. could try hotmail.
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:29 pm
by 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.
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:35 pm
by 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!
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:39 pm
by JBoy
Doesnt work like it says in the link anyway.
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:40 pm
by Sexual_Chocolate
back to hotmail
back to altavista
back to errrr.... wtf is there instead of youtube? (dailymotion? lol)
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:41 pm
by NW_DUBAHOLIC
noam wrote: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.
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:43 pm
by 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.
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:56 pm
by 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.
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:57 pm
by Trichome
Nevalo wrote: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.
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:59 pm
by Sexual_Chocolate
Trainrek wrote:Nevalo wrote: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
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:02 am
by vishes
wormcode wrote:
Vishes, you can change the background to whatever you want.
How
Am I really that stupid?
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:03 am
by Sexual_Chocolate
vishes wrote:wormcode wrote:
Vishes, you can change the background to whatever you want.
How
Am I really that stupid?
left hand bottom corner "change background image"
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:04 am
by 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
Re: Google's new policy [read important]
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:04 am
by 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.