http://frayingedges.com/2009/04/depression-help-searches-are-not-private/ Overcoming depression in a stress filled world Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:39:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://frayingedges.com/2009/04/depression-help-searches-are-not-private/#comment-3933 LeeJH Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:45:50 +0000 http://frayingedges.com/2009/04/depression-help-searches-are-not-private/#comment-3933 Just because you search for something doesn't say why you're interested in the topic. It could be that you're doing research, or someone else may be using your computer. It's not as though someone at Google is trying to profile you and let everyone know things about you - they really are improving their searches and do discard the data eventually. Your Google search history is at least protected - the history your own browser stores is more of an issue, as previous searches tend to be automatically auto-completed or are available to others accessing your computer. Even here Google is helpful - Google Chrome lets you visit pages without storing anything locally. Just because you search for something doesn’t say why you’re interested in the topic. It could be that you’re doing research, or someone else may be using your computer. It’s not as though someone at Google is trying to profile you and let everyone know things about you - they really are improving their searches and do discard the data eventually.
Your Google search history is at least protected - the history your own browser stores is more of an issue, as previous searches tend to be automatically auto-completed or are available to others accessing your computer. Even here Google is helpful - Google Chrome lets you visit pages without storing anything locally.

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