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Re: Ruin My Search History

#141

Post by franciscop »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #109
tinalumfoil wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How to reverse the damages: 1) Go to https://history.google.com/history/ 2) Select the offending searches 3) Click delete on the top right (then click delete again)

Better yet, delete the entire search history and turn it off.

Not only that, you are being tracked in many other places. See the "Show more controls":

> https://www.google.com/settings/accounthistory

Re: Ruin My Search History

#142

Post by franciscop »

mmastrac wrote: post #2

Spoiler alert! From the base64 encoded array in the source: ['how to appear funny', 'why are my thumbs uneven', 'am i lack toast and tolerant', 'your youre difference', 'why doesnt my poo float', 'midget google images', 'tall midgets??', 'homemade lube?', 'i hate my boss', 'what counts as fat', 'how to tell partner they fat', 'is it normal to still love my ex', 'how to get back with ex', 'penis remove dog how to', 'r…

The decoded code:

> http://pastebin.com/jWT37M2D

Re: Ruin My Search History

#143

Post by NKCSS »

jschwartzi wrote: post #131
Kluny wrote: post #37

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Buy yourself a non-voting american. I'm sure there's a few left.

I should really start a website that lets people bid for each other's votes online.

I believe you'd make a killing, but I'm not sure it would be legal (and if so, I'm pretty sure they'll put a stop to it asap).

Re: Ruin My Search History

#144

Post by brbsix »

dingaling wrote: post #138
gohrt wrote: post #41

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That happens when your IP spams Google with too many queries too quickly.

It also occurs if you cotinually tweak a single search term, for example adding more and more exclusions to try to bypass Google's 'suggestions'. I encounter it about once a month.

I also used to encounter it while using TOR. Not sure if it's still an issue however, as I try to refrain from direct use of Google.

Re: Ruin My Search History

#145

Post by Jaruzel »

franciscop wrote: post #141
JoshTriplett wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Better yet, delete the entire search history and turn it off.

Not only that, you are being tracked in many other places. See the "Show more controls": > https://www.google.com/settings/accounthistory

I have a handy page I knocked up that I use periodically to minimise my Google footprint:

http://www.jaruzel.com/How-Much-Does-Google-Know-About-Me

Re: Ruin My Search History

#147

Post by dezb »

['how to appear funny', 'why are my thumbs uneven', 'am i lack toast and tolerant', 'your youre difference', 'why doesnt my poo float', 'midget google images', 'tall midgets??', 'homemade lube?', 'i hate my boss', 'what counts as fat', 'how to tell partner they fat', 'is it normal to still love my ex', 'how to get back with ex', 'penis remove dog how to', 'romantic ways to propose', 'engagement rings', 'sex shop in my city', 'how to tell if partner cheating', 'ways to kill someone hypothetically', 'undetectable poisons', 'how to delete search history in browser', 'ashley madison hack', 'view ashley madison list', 'ashley madison list my city', 'paternity test', 'mail order paternity test', 'attracted to mother why', 'is incest illegal in this country', 'latest laws incest', 'seduction guide', 'rohypnol safe dosage', 'smelly penis cure urgent', 'common STIs', 'STI test in my city', 'average penis size this country', 'do penis pumps work', 'best budget penis pumps', 'does liking men mean im gay', 'signs of being gay', 'how to come out as gay to dad', 'age of consent here', 'why is age of consent so old here', 'country low age of consent', 'flights philippines', 'isis application form', 'how to join isis', 'cheap syria flights from here', 'syria hotels with pool', 'bing', 'donald trump', 'OH COME ON DONT JUST COPY AND PASTE THE LIST FROM THE ARRAY YOU CHEEKY SCAMP']"

Re: Ruin My Search History

#148

Post by dward »

beshrkayali wrote: post #123
asuffield wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(Tedious disclaimer: my opinion only, not speaking for anybody else. I'm an SRE at Google.) I can happily endorse the company's public statements on this subject: personal data will be deleted within the timeframes specified (for obvious technical and that's-a-bad-idea reasons, it's not instant). Part of SRE's function is to arrange for SLAs to be met, including deletion SLAs.

does the data get sent anywhere else before it gets deleted?

Yes. The only way to delete things at scale is to ship them over the network to a dedicated cluster of machines running a proprietary fork of /dev/null. Google has invested man decades into this system and holds numerous patents on the design.

Re: Ruin My Search History

#150

Post by akerro »

TrackMeNot is a lightweight browser extension that helps protect web searchers from surveillance and data-profiling by search engines. It does so not by means of concealment or encryption (i.e. covering one's tracks), but instead, paradoxically, by the opposite strategy: noise and obfuscation. With TrackMeNot, actual web searches, lost in a cloud of false leads, are essentially hidden in plain view. User-installed TrackMeNot works with Firefox and Chrome browsers and popular search engines (AOL, Yahoo!, Google, and Bing) and requires no 3rd-party servers or services.
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