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Posted on 06-11-10 06:29:49 PM

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Ugh

I never liked the Personalized Search, and I remember specifically having to turn it off. Why do companies think they need all this information about people?

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Posted on 06-11-10 06:33:54 PM

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Even though I have the text in question that says "Change background" it still shows up as standard white for me. ¯\(°_o)/¯

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Posted on 06-11-10 06:48:20 PM

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I just use Yahoo, just like I did 10 years ago.

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Posted on 06-11-10 06:49:29 PM

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ahahahaha this article is so stupid and full of paranoia

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Posted on 06-11-10 06:54:27 PM (last edited by krutomisi at 06-11-10 03:56 PM)

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Signing up for a Google account enables the search engine to log all of your search information and tie it to a specific user account – along with the IP address of the computer you're searching from.

Ah. Maybe that's the point.

somebody should really tell them that you can opt out of that

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Posted on 06-11-10 06:56:27 PM

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Did you also notice they are complaining about seeing your IP address?

I can see your IP addresses right now and if you aren't logged in we can still see your IP address here.

Discredit this article entirely.

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Posted on 06-11-10 07:19:49 PM

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Posted on 06-11-10 08:11:09 PM

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I don't even have a background image on my search... I feel that it gets in the way of my searching. =/

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Posted on 06-12-10 10:27:10 PM

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...I don't even know what this background business is.

Seriously what.

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Posted on 06-12-10 10:34:26 PM

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So uh... I've got the traditional white background going right now... I don't know why though. Anyway, is it just too much to use a blank, white image?

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Posted on 06-12-10 10:49:46 PM

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So you have to have an account to disable the image? It's not cookie-based? Assuming this isn't just an utter lie, it's still not a good sign. Snooping, hardly, but it's a step into the "annoy people into registering for no good reason" trend that many annoying/untrustworthy sites use.

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Posted on 06-13-10 05:17:55 AM (last edited by Metal_Man88 at 06-13-10 02:18 AM)

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Reminds me of how I burst out into laughter every time I hear Google's motto is 'Do no evil.'

Yeah, do no evil... my hat! They're only trying to be number one. Number one and evil are usually inseparable.

Not that I buy in to this being all about IP addresses--they already have that anyway--but they definitely want more people to register.

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Posted on 06-13-10 05:28:03 AM

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ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

your post made me laugh

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Posted on 06-13-10 05:28:36 AM

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Originally posted by Metal_Man88
Reminds me of how I burst out into laughter every time I hear Google's motto is 'Do no evil.'

Yeah, do no evil... my hat! They're only trying to be number one. Number one and evil are usually inseparable.

Not that I buy in to this being all about IP addresses--they already have that anyway--but they definitely want more people to register.

Making money and being evil are not necessarily inseperable, however.

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Posted on 06-13-10 05:43:34 AM

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Hmmm... fine line there that's easy to cross, though.

Now of course, since there usually is a number one company, I'm not suggesting they're mustache-twirling maniacs or anything, but I'm sure they think a little trick to get a few more registrations wouldn't hurt their bottom line.

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