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Be Afraid....Very, Very afraid. Everything Google Wants to Know About You, and Doesn't Bother Asking

Please read the following, add it all up, then really think about what it all means. This may be the most frightening stuff you'll ever read on the Internet...

To be perfectly honest, Google is no longer a search engine "company", they are a data mining company, looking to extract as much information about YOU as they possibly can...They are doing this to target advertising to you, based on who you are, what your interests, what's your businesses or employment, plus things like your sex, age, marital status and lifestyle.

If you use any of the following "free tools", think about what you are letting Google know about you, and how they may apply it to all your sites.

Toolbar - Do you have the Google tool bar? Google can easily track every site you go to and store that info. But it doesn't stop there. If you notice, the Google bar also has a spell-check feature to use when posting on forums, blogs, etc. This means Google can even track everything you've ever posted on any blog, forum, discussion group, anything you've ever typed into a web form, including passwords, etc.

GMail - It's fairly well known Google indexes and tracks your email in order to target advertising on a contextual/keyword based method. In other words, if you use GMail, Google knows everything you and those you've emailed have written. Think about this...They even index the content of email sent to GMail accounts, even though those people haven't accepted the Gmail TOS.

Gmail even auto saves DRAFTS when you don't want it to. You may trash the email you were going to send but did Google?

"UnSocial" Networking? Plus, Gmail users must be sent "invitations" before they can register for accounts, so now Google can cross-link you with everyone that you sent an invitation to, as well as the person that sent you your first invite. Now, they don't only know you, they know about the company you keep.

Desktop Search - Have you downloaded the Google desktop search engine that scans your hard drive so you can search your own PC? Now Google knows what's in every web page or text file that's on your hard drive.

Google Analytics/Web Analytics - Now Google knows everything there is to know about your websites. How much traffic you get, where you get it, your keywords and more. Use Analytics and Google knows more about your web business than you do.

AdSense/AdWords - If you use either of these, Google knows who you are, where you live, what your bank account is, your Social Security number...And more...Plus, each and every webpage you use with your AdSense ID tells Google EXACTLY who you are, no more info is needed.

Google is a domain name register - You may not even be able to hide your Whois info...While it is doubtful as to whether Google has access to your hidden Whois, it does give Google direct access to all the domain name records that are public, allowing them to store and access historical data concerning whois records.

Affiliate Programs - If you've ever put an affiliate number of your's on the same page as AdSense, then Google can easily and accurately cross-reference these numbers and tell exactly who you are.

For example, if you used Amazon and AdSense on one domain, the only Amazon on another domain, Google still knows EXACTLY who you are, where you live, what your bank account number is, etc. Remember, you gave Google this info when you signed up for AdSense.

Then, Google can cross-reference any other affiliate numbers they find on your pages and see if they match an other fingerprints they have detected of your's.

Google Checkout - Google's new entry into payment processing similar to Paypal, but now they also know exactly how may sales you've made and to whom.

Google Apps for Your Domain - This new service is meant to compete with Microsoft's business applications. But the Google programs are free and online.

But there's just one catch: The Google Apps privacy policy says that Google will give you a "domain manager", a real person that essentially has access to every bit of information entered, including your email and any data created by Google Apps.

Google Bugging Your Home? - Get this, according to TheRegister.co.uk .... If you have a microphone plugged into your computer, Google is even developing a way of spying on the background sounds made in the privacy of your own home. Google is attempting to detect what TV programs you watch and the music you listen to, but claim they aren't interested in personal conversations.

Are you scared yet?

If you use the programs above, Google can scan and store all your emails, all info on your hard drive, stuff you type into input forms on all the websites you visit, read your list of website bookmarks, read the data created from Google online applications, track your searches, listen to your TV and stereo, track all your web activity, see how many sales you make, analyze your server logs and access stats better than you, cross reference them with AdSense and AdWords info to tell exactly who you are...Even your GMail trash may not be safe....That is some serious info! :upsidedow