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How to delete your Google
browsing history in three
simple steps
Daily Mail ^
| 2/23/12
| Julian Gavaghan
Posted on 02/23/2012 2:35:49 PM PST by Nachum
There is just a week to go until Google controversially changes its privacy policy to allow it to gather, store and use personal information about its users. But there is one way to stymie the web giant's attempts to build a permanent profile of you that could include personal information including age, gender, locality and even sexuality. From March 1, you won't be able to opt out of the new policy, which has been criticised by privacy campaigners who have filed a complaint to U.S. regulators. But before that date you can delete your browsing history and,
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KEYWORDS: browsing; delete; google; history
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Full title: How to delete your Google browsing history in three simple steps . . . before it's too late to hide your secrets
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posted on
02/23/2012 2:35:57 PM PST
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
2
posted on
02/23/2012 2:39:43 PM PST
by
Onelifetogive
(I tweet, too... @Onelifetogive)
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To: Nachum
About 15% of men have their “sexuality” listed as “lesbian” if the computer has to figure it out.
4
posted on
02/23/2012 2:43:02 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: GeronL
About 15% of men have their “sexuality” listed as “lesbian” if the computer has to figure it out. LOL!
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posted on
02/23/2012 2:45:02 PM PST
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: Nachum
Once you’ve browsed, It has been recorded like a cached page. Deleting your history will not matter.
It’s just like Facebook. You can delete your posts, pictures, and private messages, but the information has already been cached on their servers for who knows how long and for what purpose.
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posted on
02/23/2012 2:45:17 PM PST
by
And2TheRepublic
(People like freedom of speech, but only when it's sweet to their ears.)
To: Nachum
Google’s quickly turned into the biggest POS organization in computing today.
Which is impressive considering you have to jump over Apple and Microsoft to snag the top spot.
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posted on
02/23/2012 2:45:21 PM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Now I know how the average lefty would feel if Fred Phelps were elected President.)
To: Nachum
8
posted on
02/23/2012 2:46:23 PM PST
by
NoGrayZone
(Jim "Firebrand" Robinson endorses Newt...with EPIC call to action!!)
9
posted on
02/23/2012 2:47:54 PM PST
by
loungitude
(The truth hurts.)
To: Nachum
I don’t have a Google account.
10
posted on
02/23/2012 2:49:07 PM PST
by
kosciusko51
(Enough of "Who is John Galt?" Who is Patrick Henry?)
To: Onelifetogive
what is privacy keeper? link
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posted on
02/23/2012 2:49:10 PM PST
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
To: GeronL
I actually know a male lesbian. His family was stationed on the Isle of Lesbos and he was born there. He loves to say that he’s a lesbian.
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posted on
02/23/2012 2:49:15 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
("No Matter How The People Vote There Will Always Be A Federal Judge To Over Turn It")
To: Nachum; waterhill; ixtl
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posted on
02/23/2012 2:49:40 PM PST
by
Envisioning
( Call me a racist................, one more time......................)
To: Nachum
“How to delete your Google browsing history in three simple steps”
Great, another EMP thread.
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posted on
02/23/2012 2:50:26 PM PST
by
Darth Reardon
(No offense to drunken sailors)
To: Nachum
I’m betting Gooogle will soon be deleted from a lot of computers...............
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posted on
02/23/2012 2:54:57 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you are unemployed long enough, you are no longer unemployed.)
To: Nachum
It says to go to my Google account? I don’t have a Google account. Does that mean they aren’t tracking me?
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posted on
02/23/2012 2:57:09 PM PST
by
avacado
To: Nachum
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posted on
02/23/2012 2:59:09 PM PST
by
Tammy8
(~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
To: avacado
No, it means they can only track you by means of the IP address your ISP assigns to your computer. It would take legal action to get your name from the ISP, but that wouldn’t stop Google from, for example, targeting you with ads that reflect the browsing history from that PC. So if Junior Googles swimsuit models, maybe the next time Mom tries to download a recipe, she’ll get a bikini ad alongside.
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posted on
02/23/2012 3:03:59 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: kosciusko51; avacado
If you’ve been to Google, you have an account from what I understand. You just have to create a password to access it and change settings.
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posted on
02/23/2012 3:10:07 PM PST
by
houeto
(Mitt Romney - A Whiter Shade of FAIL)
To: bigbob
When I go to google.com, my email address is right there on the top right of the page. I’ve never given them any info.
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posted on
02/23/2012 3:16:10 PM PST
by
houeto
(Mitt Romney - A Whiter Shade of FAIL)
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