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Defeating Google's Perpetual Search Logging

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-slightly-less-evil dept.

heretic108 writes "Google's policy of storing everyone's search histories forever is causing concern amongst many, especially since Google stores a cookie on everyone's PC expiring in 2038. But at least one user is fighting back. His short and simple guide tells you how to set up any decent web browser so that it routes Google requests through an anonymous proxy, while sending everything else direct to the net for full-speed surfing. Follow these steps and get Google's nose out of your business once and for all."

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  1. slow site by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    The site seems to be slow. Anyone got a link to the google cache?

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    This guy's the limit!
  2. Oh goodness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    So what you're saying is that if I allow Google to store a cookie on my computer to track the history of all searches I make, they'll... track the history of all searches I make?

    Heavens to betsy! This is big! How is it no one ever noticed this "cookie" thing before this Slashdot article?

    I wonder if any other websites are doing this as well.

  3. Re:Text before slashdotting by Zwaxy · · Score: 3, Funny

    You can set a preference to say you want Google in your own language.

    I believe the preference is stored in a cookie...

  4. Re:First they came for the Jews... by Snaller · · Score: 3, Funny

    God, I hate apathetic people.....

    But you don't do anything about it ;)

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    If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating