Google Web History
Tagged as: May 31Have you checked out Google Web History lately? It’s pretty scary stuff. It’s a log of what you have searched for on Google. I know that Google’s slogan is “don’t be evil,” but it is not comforting to be able to look at your past searches for weeks.
Personally I went in, cleared it and then put it on “pause.” I don’t really want anyone to be tracking what I’m searching for and building a profile on me. It just seems so invasive. And I don’t like it.
dude that thing is weird!!! why would i ever want that?!? or have anyone see that i search “derek wong” every day for the past two years.
@the matman
Yeah I agree that it seems like something that I don’t really want. Or something that would every be appealing to me.
Even though I hope that you have not been searching for me for the past 2 years, I hope that someone out there has been. And I hope that girl finds me soon. Haha because I know that I’ve been searching for her.
a comic for every occasion.
last time i checked, you had to enable google web history to get it started (?). maybe i’m mistaken. pretty disconcerting, to think that this data was collected without my knowledge.
@william
I like the comics, indeed. I’m not sure whether you have to enable it for the Google web history to be on. I actually think that it got turned on by default because I never enabled it. Nevertheless, people should check it out and make sure that Google isn’t following your every move!
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