NormanH Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I use gmail as one of my main email accounts, but have just been notified of new terms and conditions which seem to mean that they will be authorised to pry even more than they do already into my messages?I am not sure that I really understand the full implications, and at a time when I am increasingly paranoid about the various new laws being proposed to regulate our freedom on he Internet I would like to hear what other gmail users think, if there are others on the Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I am thinking of changing from gmail. Have been for a while as I have trouble reading my mails, as I haven't got google chrome, which they say I need and don't think I want it. Privacy, I wasn't sure that we ever had it, did we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 And it's not just gmail, it's all Google products (so includes Android apps on smartphones). If you have a google account you can see the info that Google stores on you here https://www.google.com/dashboard/?hl=en-GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 [quote user="idun"]I am thinking of changing from gmail. Have been for a while as I have trouble reading my mails, as I haven't got google chrome, which they say I need and don't think I want it. Privacy, I wasn't sure that we ever had it, did we?[/quote]Beat me too it thats what I would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 [quote user="Cat"]And it's not just gmail, it's all Google products (so includes Android apps on smartphones). If you have a google account you can see the info that Google stores on you here https://www.google.com/dashboard/?hl=en-GB [/quote]I just looked at that and I am appalled [:@]Thanks for the link Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkeybar kid Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Norman...at the base of this blog it explains how to opt out of some but not all....... (oop's I use chrome so cant post proper link , just copy and paste link).I have 5 gmail accounts business and pleasure so like you I am concerned of the implications.http://www.pcworld.com/article/248715/googles_new_privacy_policy_why_you_should_care.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Norman, looking at what they have about you, it is not so bad as you seem to say; There is nothing about your dark past, the prison years, the flight to France, the arrests, hours in police detention etc. [6]In fact I suspect that the French security services know a heck of a lot more about you than Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkeybar kid Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 and ....they want information as it says on "the prisoner".This Utube video is being linked to gmail powers that be.... a little bit of nostalga!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv813f2Xtrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ice-ni Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I use gmail as it is easy to access from wherever, whenever. It works on IE on a new Tosh but Di suspects that you may need Chrome if yr puter is getting on a bit.Google reading my e-mails does not bother me, there is nothing in them of interest to most.For those of you of a paranoid persuasion I suggest that you abandon the modern fashion of disclosing all at every possible opportunity and remember the old slogan "loose lips drop you in the ****".John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 You missed the years in deep cover in Eastern Europe [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 You mean deep doodoo, don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 From what understand, Google will use whatever info it has gathered whilst I am using Gmail, Reader, Search, YouTube, Calendar, etc... to build a "super-profile", which it says will help narrow down search results and ads to whatever it is I have expressed interest in previously. As far as Google ads are concerned, as I use AdBlock to stop them appearing on the pages I view (even on this forum), so I really don't care that they're "personalized" as I never see them.As far as my "Google super-profile" is concerned, I guess I'll have to start using Dogpile and Bing more. On another Google-related matter:I have downloaded THIS ADD-ON for Firefox (source HERE) in a bid to foil Google's recent bias towards showing its own products in its search results (article HERE).The add-on also exists for Chrome (HERE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkeybar kid Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Claire, if you use google without signing in (beacause of google account with having g mail) then am I right in thinking Google cant influence your search criterias. It is only if you are signed in that google can start dictating.Yes....No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 [quote user="milkeybar kid"]Claire, if you use google without signing in (because of google account with having g mail) then am I right in thinking Google cant influence your search criterias. It is only if you are signed in that google can start dictating.Yes....No?[/quote]Yes, that's how I understand it, but I am usually logged in to access my Gmail or Reader accounts through the day and I would have to remember to log in and out every time I check, which is unlikely to happen.As I see it, the mere fact of checking my email or accessing my Reader or YouTube subscriptions will be used, as well as any search I may make whilst logged in. As I have no plans (yet) to move my email account or lose my Reader subscriptions, the only way I see for now to limit Google's plans for my "super-profile" is to do my searching elsewhere.I have no social media profile, so that's a positive I suppose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfblind Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Clair, I suggest you change your search engine to duckduckgo - they dont track you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 [quote user="halfblind"]Clair, I suggest you change your search engine to duckduckgo - they dont track you.[/quote]Excellent tip! Thank you.https://duckduckgo.com/The whole idea that Google filters results to suit your so-called "super-profile" is just too weird for words. It's a self-building circular argument: You look at a movie site, later you search for news about a film adaptation and look at a film trailer on Reader or youTube, and as a result, when your next search is for info on the Sahara, Google shows you results which are is movie-skewed because that's where it thinks your interest resides, based on your Google behaviour.Yes it's a simplified explanation, but isn't this what they're talking about?I don't want Google to filter what I'm looking at.It's not about what is shown, but about what is NOT being shown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 [quote user="NormanH"]You missed the years in deep cover in Eastern Europe [8-)][/quote] I hope you never sent any emails .......They are all stored .......for years ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I have three gmail accounts, but I access those only via Outlook, or the gmail app on my tablet.I am rarely if ever logged onto google via a browser.This is an interesting article.http://articles.cnn.com/2012-01-27/tech/tech_web_google-privacy-clarified_1_google-chrome-browser-privacy-tools-search-data?_s=PM:TECH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I have downloaded THIS ADD-ON to check on who's spying on my browsing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 You'd be surprised how many search engines there are out there, different horses for different courses [;-)]http://www.wisecat.com/pages/search-engines.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 They are now using search engines to pick the best horses? What a poor ending for the Sport of Kings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 [quote user="Clair"]I have downloaded THIS ADD-ON to check on who's spying on my browsing...[/quote]Never mind who's spying, block the cookies with GhosteryEven this site links to Google Adsense and Overture - or rather used to [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 [quote user="woolybanana"]They are now using search engines to pick the best horses? What a poor ending for the Sport of Kings![/quote]Yep, there really is something for everyone on t'internet [:D]http://horseracing.about.com/library/weekly/aa032298.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinabee Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 This may be useful - explains how to at least keep your browsing history private when using googlehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2105435/Google-privacy-policy-changes-How-web-history-private--simple-3-step-solution.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 I have also installed a couple of add-ons to FirefoxDo not Track plusBetter Privacy 1.68I have stoppêd over a 1000 sites tracking me in 2 days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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