Rubin Farr Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 So, March 1 the new google will appear, linking every user ID you've used on one of their sites together, creating a profile of you (apart from your google profile) that will be marketed to and spammed to until you finally get sick of it and leave. This is right after they're caught placing tracking cookies on ios devices that are signed in google, and every functioning Android phone on the market. Thoughts? http://www.google.com/policies/terms/ http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/preview/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Positive Metal Attitude Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 don't leave yourself signed in to their services, and use Ghostery to help block tracking cookies, google analytics and so on. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures 백호야~~~항상에 사랑할거예요.나의 아들. Shout outs to the saracens, musulmen and celestials. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 On 2/20/2012 at 10:13 PM, Rubin Farr said: So, March 1 the new google will appear, linking every user ID you've used on one of their sites together, creating a profile of you (apart from your google profile) that will be marketed to and spammed to until you finally get sick of it and leave. This is right after they're caught placing tracking cookies on ios devices that are signed in google, and every functioning Android phone on the market. Thoughts? http://www.google.com/policies/terms/ http://www.google.co...rivacy/preview/ stop using the internet. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide oscillik's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) the thought that first springs to mind, is that this kind of stuff happens so incrementally that people don't notice in real-time how it will effect the way they behave. The chilling effect will just become more pervasive, people will have to be anonymous to feel 'private'. We're hitting a pretty shitty era in human privacy john turley sums up how privacy is dying and what that means for society perfectly in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slOmhjiRNFE a mindset that makes no sense to me is an all or nothing type of viewpoint, where if you complain about increasing erosions of privacy to certain people they will have an extremely fatalistic apathy about it. It's too bad because without the general public complaining about it, its just going to get worse Edited February 20, 2012 by Awepittance Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide awepittance's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Yeah, it sucks monkey balls. But I don't know if I care anymore, because the world is shit anyway. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Enter a new display name Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 inb4 ET Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve33 Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 On 2/20/2012 at 10:15 PM, chenGOD said: don't leave yourself signed in to their services, and use Ghostery to help block tracking cookies, google analytics and so on. Never heard of Ghostery. I'll give it a try because I'm getting increasingly paranoid about the internet. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide murve33's signature Hide all signatures My Last.Fm: http://www.last.fm/user/murve33 Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 I just found out about it last week myself. It's a nice addition to AdBlockPlus. Awepittance - there's a huge difference between google abusing its power and the government abusing its power though. and for anyone who wants to stop using google as a search engine - duckduckgo is what you need :) Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures 백호야~~~항상에 사랑할거예요.나의 아들. Shout outs to the saracens, musulmen and celestials. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
murve33 Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 On 2/20/2012 at 10:38 PM, chenGOD said: I just found out about it last week myself. It's a nice addition to AdBlockPlus. and for anyone who wants to stop using google as a search engine - duckduckgo is what you need :) Ha, on watmm it blocks Google and some other thing, awesome. I have duckduckgo as an alternate search engine, but it kind of sucks. I've heard good things about blekko, but it looks moderately complicated. http://blekko.com/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide murve33's signature Hide all signatures My Last.Fm: http://www.last.fm/user/murve33 Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 On 2/20/2012 at 10:38 PM, chenGOD said: Awepittance - there's a huge difference between google abusing its power and the government abusing its power though. To me it doesn't matter who is pushing the erosion of privacy, it's happening through the use of surveillance technologies utilized by private industry and government. The 2 happening at once is what concerns me, not one or the other. the net effect, a chilling effect on the way humans behave will happen regardless if it is a corporation or a government inducing it Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide awepittance's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 the concept that Google already 'scans' your emails using an algorithm to determine your likes and interests is already very strange to me. How is it ok if a robot/algorithm violates your privacy? there seems to have been no public debate of any kind about that, it's just totally accepted. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide awepittance's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Can't believe I didn't actually read through the new TOS before now. WOW, that shit is retarded... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 is a google search private? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures 백호야~~~항상에 사랑할거예요.나의 아들. Shout outs to the saracens, musulmen and celestials. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 On 2/20/2012 at 10:31 PM, Enter a new display name said: inb4 ET they've got him already Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Ive had ghostry for a while. A bit pointless seeing as I use chrome. Listen, if someone has to have my info Id prefer it to be google. And I dont really care anymore anyway. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide chassis's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 just curious, why dont you guys care anymore? Do you just think its an uphill battle that can never be won? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide awepittance's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Pretty much. Also, Im not that interesting. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide chassis's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoA Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 On 2/20/2012 at 11:30 PM, Awepittance said: just curious, why dont you guys care anymore? Do you just think its an uphill battle that can never be won? Oh, the apathy. :/ On 2/20/2012 at 10:54 PM, chenGOD said: is a google search private? No. http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/faq/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadows and Labyrinths Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 just don't put yer secrets on the internet. use internet, be happy. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Meadows and Labyrinths's signature Hide all signatures plantre.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneToThirtySix Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 So, the internet is becoming an infinite billboard based on personal usage? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanakori Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 On 2/20/2012 at 10:15 PM, chenGOD said: don't leave yourself signed in to their services, and use Ghostery to help block tracking cookies, google analytics and so on. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Kanakori's signature Hide all signatures On 2/19/2012 at 4:04 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said: again, i don't really hate skrillex as much as i hate the people that think that sort of music has any sort of integrity. i try to be open minded, and a lot of the time i employ a "well, each to his/her own" attitude towards personal preferences such as music taste and who knows, maybe it is original in its own way, sorta like a drawing by an autistic kid. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 hey guys. i was wondering if you could help me out with this. is there a way to download all the emails i've ever received on gmail as text files or something? i tried to do this over the summer with mozilla's email client but it only downloaded in increments of 1000 emails at a time and i have a shit ton more than that. if anyone could provide me with instructions and a reliable program, i'd be soooo incredibly grateful. google has terrible customer service and i'm really worried about losing my account randomly because i did not provide my real name or some bullshit excuse like that. i don't want 20000 emails to disappear because of that. thanks. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 By this time googol has so much information, the amount itself actually makes your information safer. The odds of someone actually looking at your private info is close to zero. And these analytical algorithms, I don't see much trouble in those. As long as you can opt out, you're fine, I guess. But you can opt out, can't you? But admittedly, my actual online footprint is negligible. So no worries. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanakori Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 On 2/21/2012 at 12:59 AM, goDel said: By this time googol has so much information, the amount itself actually makes your information safer. The odds of someone actually looking at your private info is close to zero. And these analytical algorithms, I don't see much trouble in those. As long as you can opt out, you're fine, I guess. But you can opt out, can't you? But admittedly, my actual online footprint is negligible. So no worries. BS, thats the resignation we're talking about... The odds of someone actually looking at my private info are completely random, if they have it, they can look at it, and also give it up to other entities. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Kanakori's signature Hide all signatures On 2/19/2012 at 4:04 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said: again, i don't really hate skrillex as much as i hate the people that think that sort of music has any sort of integrity. i try to be open minded, and a lot of the time i employ a "well, each to his/her own" attitude towards personal preferences such as music taste and who knows, maybe it is original in its own way, sorta like a drawing by an autistic kid. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 2012! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/71944-googles-new-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy/#findComment-1759676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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