Posted on 11/03/2015 7:16:32 AM PST by dennisw
My question to freepers is should I delete all google, bing, yahoo cookies periodically? Does this help any? I really like google images and maps and same that bing and yahoo have for maps and images.... So how do I minimize their data collection? I already use track-me-not on chrome and firefox. This program makes useless random searches a few times per minute so that my own searches get lost in it. But I wonder how effective this strategy is?
IOW duck duck go etc that do not track you are limited search engines///// Plus does google, bing, yahoo insert cookies anyway that track duck duck go searches?
This is a very good book that tells you all about the US Government data collection on you plus private corporations data gathering. What is done with the data google gathers? It is sold to data brokers. This data is useful in advertising and knowing consumer trends and buying trends on a geographical (zip code) basis and sorted out in other ways too. Such as estimated incomes and estimated race etc etc
I knew all this data collection and storage (is forever!!!! and never deleted) was going on but this book showed me it is worse than I thought
I’ve debated using TOR just on principle.
Sad thing is I have nothing to hide. They just piss me off.
The sheer volume of people online at any given moment makes going through these records a bit less than reasonable.
That’s pretty much the only kind of anonymity that exists anymore. But if somebody decides you’re worth finding, they’ll find you.
But that is what you essentially asked for.
Whether I run it once a day, or every time I log off a session, still the tracking occurs.
What CCLEANER does do is clear out the temporary work files (speeding up the computer) and deleting the cookies so that I don't get targeted ads.
Cookies really have to do with storing certain 'info' in your computer, not taking it back to the source website. Even if they installed no cookies at all, they track everything you do while you are on their website.
You cannot prevent that.
As I see others have mentioned, you can disguise yourself, but that is a horse of a different color and much more technical.
I know. I happen to like that feature.
NOT having to LOG IN may seem convenient, but that means even when you aren’t on your computer, your account on one or several websites is ‘open’ and ‘active’.
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