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Old 09-23-2007, 09:36 PM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by tony404 View Post
The more technology in our lives, the more we give our privacy away.
It's not just technology, it's the fact that so much of what you do on the net can potentially come back to Google.

- Search for web sites
- Watch/search Youtube videos
- Browse the web
- Send & receive email
- Read & write in usenet newsgroups

There are also the indirect services, which can collect data about you even if you never use any of Googles services, but visit a site which inlines them:

- Adsense
- Google analytics

Every time I check out a Google service I haven't seen before I'm reminded that I'm part of the machine, when my browser prefills the login details.
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