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..internet paranoia??

Post by BugMeister » Tue, 29. Aug 06, 14:40

yet another "big brother" story..
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online ... 85,00.html

- get a good cookie-crusher, is all I can say..
- the whole universe is running in BETA mode - we're working on it.. beep..!! :D :thumb_up:
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Post by RoguePhotonic » Tue, 29. Aug 06, 15:35

You can't stop a company from storing what you have searched for....the same goes for the the net you leave a trail where ever you go.

You can delete tracking cookies but that's about it.
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Post by mbthegreat » Tue, 29. Aug 06, 15:40

doesn't stroe your name so i woudln't be worried
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Post by UlteriorModem » Tue, 29. Aug 06, 19:06

I just knew AOL would be involved in that !

Oh well the average user is beginnnig to wake up to the fact that AOL is unecessary bunk.
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Post by shifty_powers » Tue, 29. Aug 06, 20:00

mbthegreat wrote:doesn't stroe your name so i woudln't be worried
i beg to differ.
Even though the search logs that AOL released were made anonymous, by assigning a number to each user, it is not difficult in many cases to discover somebody's name from their search queries
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The gigantic database detailing these customers' search inquiries was available on an AOL research site for just a few hours before the company realised that substituting numbers for users' names did not really protect their identities enough
so basically it does record your name, but the portion that was made available to researchers an the public just had the names substituted for numbers...
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Post by mbthegreat » Tue, 29. Aug 06, 20:25

so?if someone really wanted to they could work out your name, big deal
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Post by jackleonfraust » Wed, 30. Aug 06, 19:35

i believe there are freeware tools to cover your tracks if you worry about these things. cant recall the names of some though. :?
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Post by The_Abyss » Wed, 30. Aug 06, 19:59

Google have been doing this since the day they started - with due respect it isn't huge news.
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Post by fiksal » Wed, 30. Aug 06, 20:46

Paranoia is the right title for that article.

I am not sure I see how Google draws on "Eliza".
Maybe I am not just too clever, and it's all part of the Larry Page's and Sergei Brin's evil plan :D
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