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Privacy Changes Coming to Google on March 1st

Since TUSCL makes use of Google Search, folks may have an interest in this story:

washingtonpost.com

As a test, I typed in Steve229 into the search box at the top. The first returned search search result? "Cheerleaders for Steve229"! Spooky!

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JGoose

Except for my blogger account, I have logged out of all the Google services. Then they can track my searches by my IP, and match that to my account, rather than make it easy for them.

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Ermita_Nights

I do miss the old tuscl search. I liked that you could search for a club name and get a list where you could then click on the city or state. And yes, giving all my tuscl search terms to google is creepy.

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vincemichaels

Well, it isn't surprising in this post "1984" era.

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sinclair

It isn't surprising Obama's fifth biggest donor was Google.

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deogol

Logging out of Google doesn't stop Google cookies. Visiting web sites will install and send them along (read about Google Analytics google.com)

There are add-ons for FireFox to prevent this. (Note, this web site uses a google cookie.)

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Stiletto25

I agree with Ermita. I liked when you could do a tuscl search that just encompassed tuscl. I don't like having to go through Google.

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gatorfan

or all the talking about you didn't know about

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