holymountain Posted February 29, 2012 just a heads up if you use google you might want to change some of your settings before their new policy kicks in....tomorrow. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/if-you-use-google-you-may-want-to-read-this-20120229-1u1i9.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psylo Posted February 29, 2012 Help? I have my browser set to delete cookies when closing, and not retain any history. Is that enough? I do log into gmail, so what do I need to do with that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psylo Posted February 29, 2012 Also, should questionable content be searched for in google via a proxy site? This is all very fucking intrusive. I used to think google was a cool company Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
at0m Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) Help? I have my browser set to delete cookies when closing, and not retain any history. Is that enough? I do log into gmail, so what do I need to do with that? https://www.google.com/history/ Sign in and disable that. Also, all of those precautions are well and good but I guarantee ad networks/other places know one hell of a lot about you. *Edit Also, should questionable content be searched for in google via a proxy site? This is all very fucking intrusive. I used to think google was a cool company Tbh, don't use Google for searching at all. Give DuckDuckGo a shot. * Extra: If you use Chrome/Chromium here's some addons which will help, a bit, in securing your browsing: Adblock Plus for Chrome Google Analytics Opt-out Google Interest-based Advertising Opt-out Keep My Opt-outs Ghostery I'll add more/create a new topic later. Edited February 29, 2012 by at0m 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qualia Posted February 29, 2012 damn, i have about 5 google accounts i use, depending what i'm doing at the time. of course, if they link IP to searches then thats another story. but so far i don't really care about ads, and i use just numbers for email addresses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Jeans Posted February 29, 2012 Thanks for the heads up. I don't think I have a google account, so surely I can't change any of "my" settings. However, you got me reading about alternative search engines - duckduckgo looks great and I'm definitely going to start using it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chilli Posted February 29, 2012 Adblock Plus for Firefox, and don't forget Noscript. Haven't heard of the specific Google ones, will check them out.. I pretty much only surf the net in private mode anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
