Do you have a google account? Act now to prevent their spying on you

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01 March 2012, 03:57

DRG

Do you have a google account? Act now to prevent their spying on you

In just a few hours, new policies will take effect at Google, endangering your privacy.

Tech publication Gizmodo reports, "things you could do in relative anonymity today [like your web searches], will be explicitly associated with your name, your face, your phone number come March 1st." And this applies retro-actively if you don't act today.

So, if you have a google, you tube or gmail account associated with a google login, log into your account.

Then go to this link:

https://www.google.com/history

delete your history, and make sure it comes back empty and "paused".

Don

01 March 2012, 06:37

Grenadier

Thanks, Don. Just checked and it seems mine was already deleted and paused. Nevertheless, it's good to be sure.

01 March 2012, 20:08

GeorgeS

I never turned history on.

George

01 March 2012, 20:28

Whitworth

quote:
Originally posted by DRG:
In just a few hours, new policies will take effect at Google, endangering your privacy.

Tech publication Gizmodo reports, "things you could do in relative anonymity today [like your web searches], will be explicitly associated with your name, your face, your phone number come March 1st." And this applies retro-actively if you don't act today.

So, if you have a google, you tube or gmail account associated with a google login, log into your account.

Then go to this link:

https://www.google.com/history

delete your history, and make sure it comes back empty and "paused".

Don

If I log into my gmail account,. how do I go to that link? Please explain. Thanks!

"Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP

If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming.

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01 March 2012, 21:18

GeorgeS

Click on your Google account name (upper right corner) > 'Account Settings' > In 'Services' click on 'Go to web history'.

Enter your password.

George

01 March 2012, 21:51

DRG

quote:
Originally posted by GeorgeS:
I never turned history on.

George

I didn't either, but the default is "on" so I found most of my friends were feeding the google spy machine.

Don