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Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

mattaym — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:05:08 -0000

Heh, what's funny is if you want to find something, you can find it. Know how to google can get you pretty much anything you want for free, and a side effect of the all knowing search engine just happens to be that your information IS in there. Heck, if you type in my name, you'll find a crapload of information about me. Not that I like it, but it's what it is.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

goog — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:55:25 -0000

Google sucks a D*ck. Who's to say that other sites do not do the same? There is a reason behind all of this. My guess is that when they start the nwo, they are going to know about you. Are you for or against the nwo. On the blue list safe, red dead. Every government anymore is a scam, with no intent to help the people.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

trifilliate payday — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:32:41 -0000

I've found that when I'm logged in to my gmail or adwords or whatever that the results in search are a bit skewed. Some sites appear near the top when normally they aren't even close. In order to stop this, you have to log out to see the true rankings.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Ruth S. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:02:14 -0000

Good observation. But the Internet is rather public and other than some more private emails, what I put on Google Internet "things" are what I think should be be public -- and I am rather careful about it!! Moral of all this -- realize that for the most part the Internet is public. If something is really to be kept private or confidential - don't communicate it on the Internet!

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Google Sniper — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:21:31 -0000

It's always scary having a "big brother" of any type looking over your shoulder. Especially if that big brother is as big as Google is. The information age will be interesting to navigate to say the least.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

benatmediacurves1 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:57:11 -0000

MediaCurves.com conducted a study among 295 viewers of a news clip featuring Google’s new Dashboard, which allows users to view information about their previous searches. Results found that that more than one-third of viewers (38%) reported that they will use Google’s search engine less frequently after learning of the feature. Among the viewers who reported that they would use Google less, more than half (52%) reported that they would use Yahoo as their alternative search engine. Furthermore, nearly half of the viewers (48%) stated that they were “not at all comfortable” with search engine companies monitoring and collecting data from their searches.
More in depth results can be seen at:
http://www.mediacurves.com/...
Thanks,
Ben

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Google Hater — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:25:40 -0000

Google is a double edged sword. This BS thing called "Dashboard" is a worthless decoy. Just because one deletes something from the SpyMeister called Google, it does not mean it is gone, nor does it mean that they don't retain, mine and invade your privacy. I used to love Google. I now hate them with a passion and evade using anything they touch.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

ONLINE — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:58:04 -0000

I like dashbord, it give us lots of convenience.

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MyBlackSon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:48:47 -0000

Google is Big Brother

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Cheryl Lawson — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:36:43 -0000

I more concerned of the info the IRS has on me vs. What @google knows.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Fox — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:11:46 -0000

As a citizen in the techno-age you still have either curtains, drapes, shutters and shades on the windows of your home no doubt. Likely there is a door on your washroom. My question to you is what do you have to hide? Don't be so naive and foolish with your faulty logic.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Myron — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:56:33 -0000

Actually, you can change that on the Google Account section of the Dashboard. If you are logged off, you'd have the language of your region.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Ginny — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:59:31 -0000

Yup, that's irritating. I'm in Finland and want an English speaking service. And my google products show mostly in Dutch, I can't figure out why. Seriously hinders the understanding of my google dashboard.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Phillip O — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:46:18 -0000

I have debated this among my team for years now, its great to see some actuall clarifcation.

But hey, IMO if you have analytics installed on your website Google knows everything about you and your business!

Great post

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Rebecca Leaman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:36:27 -0000

It never hurts to be reminded that we leave our fingerprints and footprints wherever we go online! Actually, I rather appreciate the convenience of the Google dashboard, for adjusting various profiles and privacy settings from one location.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

WannabeFree — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:26:49 -0000

It's amazing how few people realise what the problem is. All of you probably live in truly free countries. At least you seem to think so.
Living in China, I do not like anyone to see that I read "subversive" blogs (read: opinions differing from the official propaganda gazettes). Democracy is considered hostile to the state here. Just imagine state security services getting yet another tool to find “enemies of the state”.
Do you really think that someone like Dick Cheney would abstain from using data collected about you if he were powerful enough to twist Google's arm?
Wake up please, defend your rights to privacy and help others to gain their rights. Then we will once again see the west as a beacon of hope and light. Long live a free internet.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Jeremy Campbell — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:21:06 -0000

Don't really care about this service too much but I guess a central location for managing Google products and services is a positive thing. I won't use it but I'm sure a few people will find it useful.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Lisa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:46:41 -0000

So if you've never had a Google account, Google pretty much knows nothing. I mean it doesn't try and match up your i.p every time you do a search. Does it?

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Sabina — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:32:07 -0000

To be honest, at least with the Google Dashboard I can see how much and what information Google knows about me. Google are at least trying to make it easier for users to manage it, and by doing so they are also transparently admitting that they have this information. However, I am more worried about the part you chose to hide between brackets - "it’s also an unpleasant reminder of just how much data you’re giving out to Google (and other online services)", because we don't really see other online services disclosing what information they have about us.

Regarding the privacy issue, I would say that we have as much privacy online as a goldfish in a bowl, but it was our choice. As with any other product, the online environment became what it is today because there was a demand for it. Users wanted to be connected, to communicate faster and easier, to have access to information and to share information. We helped create this as much as Google and all the rest.

Perhaps one day the internet will become as regulated as your average phone book and we'll be given the choice to opt-in and opt-out from the aspect of our information being saved by the different online services we use. Or, as two users were discussing here, when choosing to delete our data, we’ll possibly have the option to request that the online service should also remove it completely.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Bilal Jaffery — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:16:48 -0000

Disappointing, bleh UI. FAIL

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

andreib — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:42:38 -0000

very cool thing :)

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Σχολή Χορού — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:30:43 -0000

Well, I use almost all the Google services and i am sure Google knows almost everything ... about my dance studio, actually i like it that way.

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Adam Haider — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:23:49 -0000

I don't understand why people are so paranoid about their data. If you are a professional, celebrity or public figure your information is bound to be found on the Internet. However, Google Dashboard isn't showing it's users what data they really have on you. Data profiling consists of keeping a log of a users IP address, geolocation, trends in activities, credit card information and so on, all of that data is processed on the server-side not front-end so they are not obligated to show you this information, as when you signed up you agreed to their terms and conditions.

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Ponce — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:02:25 -0000

Well I guess that settles it. Google's not evil!

Re: Google Dashboard: Now You Know What Google Knows About You

Steve Latham — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:33:55 -0000

Agreed it's a pretty watered-down disclosure. Would be truly insightful if they also showed your topics of interest, top 25 web sites, vacation wish list and recommendations to lower the cost of your most commonly used medications. Of course... this would freak people out.