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Many people log into gmail/Google Voice and stay there for the sake of not just the email but being able to use the free phone chat machine which needs both to work.

This is a caution or notice to them that if they also want to do a Google search, since they are logged in Google will look at what went on in their Google mail. I’m surprised there isn’t a setting to control that behavior, however even if you just use gmail, Google already has copies of it (that’s how they can look and how they can furnish it to you). There’s the same danger/opportunity with any email hoster. But now it seems Big Brother would be able to serve warrants for more easily available Google search behavior. Now Google is a decent search machine, and I don’t begrudge them the money they get by showing me ads (and the rare ad I may click to). But whoa, I am not sure I like having to bop out of gmail/Google Voice just in order to do a Google search that Google will not be able to associate with me in the future. Firefox, as far as I know, won’t let you start completely independent private mode browsers — every browser you bring up since the first on your desktop is connected, cookie-wise.

But whoa, I am not sure I like having to bop out of gmail/Google Voice just in order to do a Google search that Google will not be able to associate with me in the future. Firefox, as far as I know, won’t let you start completely independent private mode browsers — every browser you bring up since the first on your desktop is connected, cookie-wise.

Exactly, so if want even a minimal amount of privacy, I need to log out of gmail. I guess I am going to have to become a lot more computer savvy to protect my privacy.

So you say every browser is connected cookiewise? Can you explain exactly what you mean?

But whoa, I am not sure I like having to bop out of gmail/Google Voice just in order to do a Google search that Google will not be able to associate with me in the future. Firefox, as far as I know, won’t let you start completely independent private mode browsers — every browser you bring up since the first on your desktop is connected, cookie-wise.

Exactly, so if want even a minimal amount of privacy, I need to log out of gmail. I guess I am going to have to become a lot more computer savvy to protect my privacy.

So you say every browser is connected cookie-wise? Can you explain exactly what you mean?