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Google Profiling Social Network Users

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-of-course-they-are dept.

David Harry writes "Google is looking deeper into behavioral targeting of social network users with three more patents. A while back, one patent came to light in the poorly termed ‘friendrank’; Google could be profiling social network users. These three patents now bring the series to five in total."

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  1. Tired of amateur fliling? by InspectorxGadget · · Score: 5, Funny

    Profliling - coming soon to a fliling center near you!

  2. Re:Profliling?? by goombah99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Profiling? Sounds painful.

    Not if you use a profilactic, and remember boys, if she says "opt out" she means "opt out".

    More seriously, anyone who joins a social network wants to be profiled. Isn't that the whole point?

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  3. Profiling for Ads by paniq · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope that all this uncomfortable profiling is really going to improve the ads I'm going to see.

    But how will I know when it works? Maybe when they start selling penis shrinking pills.

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