Anonymous
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Google announces privacy changes across products; users can’t opt out
Google will soon know far more about who you are and what you do on the Web.
The Web giant announced Tuesday that it plans to follow the activities of users across nearly all of its ubiquitous sites, including YouTube, Gmail and its leading search engine.
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Of course you could just refuse to sign into these services or opt out of using gmail.
You can still use most of these services without having to link them to an email address/account.
If privacy is really such a worry - why not just do what people have been doing for years with email? Create "throw-away" email accounts to use with google/youtube etc - if you truly are paranoid, create a new account every 48 hours. It's a bit overkill, but your privacy concerns are safe when google is unable to associate them with any person that exists for more than a day or two.
Of course I don't have anything to hide regarding my activities online - and if google can locate even better prices for things that I am interested in, then great! The decision to purchase or delete still remains with me.
Flib Gibbet
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The OP is a couple of months late - the Tuesday referred to is Jan 24th (which is the date of that article). So this isn't a new development, it's just old news.
Anonymous
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If privacy is really such a worry all you can do is get off the net, google goes by IP
say you go no the net & look at cars you may be look at buying a car & you get ads for cars thats ok now you buy a car & you still get ads for cars, note Consumers won’t be able to opt out of the changes, which take effect March 1
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