<b>We will not be assimilated.<br><br>Resistance is fertile.</b><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:11 PM, girlgeek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:girlgeek@wt.net">girlgeek@wt.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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With this never ending fight to maintain privacy I begin to wonder,
<br>
Will it help maintain privacy at all to use different search engines
at different times, either in some order or randomly?<br>
Anyone have any opinions?<br>
Thanks<br>
Claudia <br><div><div class="h5">
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On 2/25/2012 4:25 PM, Nick Shapiro wrote:
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Perhaps you need to log in? If you have ever create a gmail
account or other google product, you have a google identity that
they use. If you're not logged into gmail most of the time, they
may not have much info on you. I'm the first to admit that I'm not
really an expert on Google's infrastructure. Hmm, but I see you
sent this from gmail... so log in.<br>
<br>
<br>
When you log into <br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.google.com/history" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/history</a><br>
<br>
I would expcet to see one of two things. <br>
<br>
Either<br>
A) <br>
A long list of search terms and sites visited <br>
<br>
or <br>
<br>
B)<br>
The sentence:<br>
<span style="font-family:courier new,monospace">"Your search
history is currently empty."</span><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Christoph Maier <<a href="mailto:cm.hardware.software.elsewhere@gmail.com" target="_blank">cm.hardware.software.elsewhere@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Nick Shapiro <<a href="mailto:me@nickshapiro.net" target="_blank">me@nickshapiro.net</a>>
wrote:<br>
>> <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/how-remove-your-google-search-history-googles-new-privacy-policy-takes-effect" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/how-remove-your-google-search-history-googles-new-privacy-policy-takes-effect</a><br>
>><br>
>> 1) Go to <a href="http://www.google.com/history" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/history</a><br>
>> 2) Click "Remove all history"<br>
>><br>
>> Doing this will also pause the gathering of any new data.<br>
>><br>
>> I cannot find a clear answer, but it is implied that you
will NOT be<br>
>> able to do this after March 1st, at least for data newer
than 18<br>
>> months.<br>
> I get:<br>
><br>
> Your Web History includes searches you've done on Google and
pages<br>
> you've clicked in search results. Web History allows you to:<br>
> See personalized search predictions as you type.<br>
> Get results and recommendations that are tailored to your
preferences.<br>
> Search the full content of pages you've already seen.<br>
> You can view and edit your Web History from any computer by
signing in<br>
> to your Google Account. Learn more.<br>
><br>
> Does this mean that my Web History is already off?<br>
> Do I need to turn it on temporarily to erase whatever history
may be<br>
> there, then turn it off again??<br>
><br>
> Christoph<br>
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