Latest Breaking News

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)

5. Time for "Operation Fuck Google's Data Mining."

Mon Feb 20, 2012, 09:39 PM

Feb 2012

Extremely easy to do. Get a dictionary. Flip to random pages and choose random words. Seach the random word. Do this at irregular intervals whenever you are online. Be sure to do several "related" searches about your random topic so that it looks like you really have an interest in "sprockets". Set a few of these sites to your "favorites" and visit them everytime you go online. Your "search history" will become worthless to the businesses which are paying Google to sell them your info so that they can target ads at you. And you migt learn sometjhing about sprockets, too!

If everyone using Google did this everytime they log on, there would soon cease to be a market for Google's data mining.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

48 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Google tricks Internet Explorer, foils privacy settings, Microsoft says [View all] onehandle Feb 2012 OP

Why does anyone even bother with Google any more? begin_within Feb 2012 #1

The 'Mountain View Ad Agency' services are 'free.' onehandle Feb 2012 #2

A number of colleges and universities use Gmail exclusively now. SomeGuyInEagan Feb 2012 #26

Why are People Still Using IE? liberalmike27 Feb 2012 #33

I prefer BING. eom xtraxritical Feb 2012 #11

Google tricked Apple's Safari in order to track users FredisDead Feb 2012 #3

OMG WTF Stop n think Feb 2012 #4

Just ask Murdoch. tabasco Feb 2012 #41

Time for "Operation Fuck Google's Data Mining." McCamy Taylor Feb 2012 #5

Easier: Switch to Ixquick or DuckDuckGo. n/t TygrBright Feb 2012 #6

Thanks, I bookmarked those. Lasher Feb 2012 #12

I'm always in the market for new search engines woodsprite Feb 2012 #36

Been doing that for years... saras Feb 2012 #18

Thanks for that ... Nihil Feb 2012 #23

And we would all be paranoid time-wasters, too. randome Feb 2012 #27

Just reset the browser, to clear cookies and history, on exit.... jdadd Feb 2012 #7

You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again wtmusic Feb 2012 #24

2 ways to foil Google and LSOs: dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #32

Thanks....I stand corrected.... jdadd Feb 2012 #48

Why dose anyone even use IE? Feature poor and buggy. It's a load. geckosfeet Feb 2012 #8

The security of MS software has been compromised?? wtmusic Feb 2012 #9

It wasn't easy... first they had to find it! nilram Feb 2012 #15

I think my christx30 Feb 2012 #16

I wasn't suggesting a security *hole* was hard to find nilram Feb 2012 #28

Right christx30 Feb 2012 #34

Microsoft finds security hole, blames google. boppers Feb 2012 #40

Don't worry - it's an easy fix with IE Service Pack #4.29.a7865-11328 wtmusic Feb 2012 #46

Ironic, as Google Chrome is on the verge of becoming the most used browser in the world stockholmer Feb 2012 #10

And here I'd gotten so happy with Chrome. Lasher Feb 2012 #13

try Opera, it works well for me stockholmer Feb 2012 #14

or iron d_r Feb 2012 #22

So Iron is like Chrome, but without the nasty Google spy features? stockholmer Feb 2012 #25

yes d_r Feb 2012 #29

Dear M$: You CAN'T bypass a FUNCTIONAL security setting. saras Feb 2012 #17

There's still a microsoft explorer? Wow. nt Bonobo Feb 2012 #19

There's still Windows? Wow. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #21

You sound like a 1%er DUIC Feb 2012 #31

Yep, that equates to the 1% on the right hand side of this graph. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #35

Were you also informed that the study was bogus? DUIC Feb 2012 #37

Sorry, I am confused. Which study are you referring to? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #39

AptiQuant's bogus survey DUIC Feb 2012 #42

Never heard of it. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #43

Sucks to be ordinary DUIC Feb 2012 #44

Running Windows is the equivalent of drinking Budweiser wtmusic Feb 2012 #47

Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team) dfhjkyulyu Feb 2012 #20

Easy Fix: Enable Tracking Protection Lists to stop Google's data mining DUIC Feb 2012 #30

People still use IE? Bladian Feb 2012 #38

I use a add-in called TRACKMENOT for Firefox elifino Feb 2012 #45