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I had just read the topic about Australian drop bears, which I had never heard of, so I looked them up on Wikipedia. A related article was that about another fictitious creature, the hoop snake, which I had also never heard of. Since this article had no picture, I decided to search for it using Google to see what the creature supposedly looks like. All I type is 'H' and 'hoop snake' is the first search suggestion. I had never searched for a hoop snake before, and it is in no way the most commonly searched thing starting with H, which means Google had to have tracked my Wikipedia browsing session in order to have come up with that result.
What has become of the internet?
Almost every ad you see is created by Google's tracking software. Everything you do on a device that is connected to the Internet is tracked. Privacy is a thing of the past.
Almost every ad you see is created by Google's tracking software.
I went to Google after taking a shower a couple days ago and under the big "Google" it said "Nice bod".
A related article was that about another fictitious creature,
Remember that Google is a business, and every webpage you click on is market research. Or something like that. The point is, the more Google knows about you, the more money they can make through the ads they throw at you... because if their ads reflect something you might be interested in, you'll be more likely to click on them, thus increasing Google's profit.
So yay for big brother! =D
I went to Google after taking a shower a couple days ago and under the big "Google" it said "Nice bod".
I went to Google after taking a shower a couple days ago and under the big "Google" it said "Nice bod".
Privacy? Who needs privacy on the net. Google can know whatever smutty sites I view, so long as none of the real life people in my life actually know. They can keep data on my favourite flicks, what I read, my old blogs, and what not, so long as they keep it with them, for market purposes solely. And so far, Google has been good to me.
All I type is 'H' and 'hoop snake' is the first search suggestion.
But I'm sure looking at your cookies and tracking your internet behavior outside of Google is done by Google as well. It seems Google is gathering as much information as possible, through as many different avenues as possible, on people. I agree with those saying privacy is a thing of the past. Google is everywhere.
Well, privacy can be hacked, that's the problem.
I went to Google after taking a shower a couple days ago and under the big "Google" it said "Nice bod".
And so far, Google has been good to me.
Google is everywhere.
Isn't this a bit of an overreaction?
Oh yeah? YOU'RE an overreaction!
I believe part of Google's search algorithm is to move up results that are recently prominent. Many people may have been searching for "hoop snakes" on Google in the past few months, thus when you typed an "h" Google knew to put that result much higher on the list due to recent prominence. In the future a different result may show when you type the "h".
What has become of the internet?
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