In a radical privacy policy shift, Google announced today that it will begin tracking users across all services—email, Search, YouTube and more—sharing information with no option to opt out. The change was announced in a blog post today, and will go into effect March 1.
I have GMail on my Nook Colour, and I went to search something online when I realized it had imported my searches from my computer. That’s right, it had SAVED my searches and then sent them to another device without any permission.
woah woah woah no no no
/SCREAMING
“We believe personal information should not be held hostage and we are committed to building products that let users export their personal information to other services. We don‘t sell users’ personal information.”
so also according to this they will store browsing data for 180 days even when you are signed out. Fucking damn it google you were the last great big internet company, we loved you over facebook, why are you doing this
I saw this coming…
and here we go
God Fucking Damn It.
I, too, saw this coming, and am not surprised.
Google did not become evil just now — it was a steady and gradual process that not many noticed.
hey, dumbasses, other websites do this all the time using TRACKING COOKIES. Sound familiar? Google is just doing the...
Huh… guess I better find a different default search engine… maybe a new email…