So what? So do lots of other sites. And one can always delete cookies and or move to another IP address (this will probably happen automatically even on broadband when the IP address is reallocated) if you're the paranoid type.shnaek said:Apparently Google maintains a lifetime cookie that records the user's IP address
So use a different search engine, webmail provider etc.and recently it has begun to integrate services which record the user's personal search history, email, shopping habits, and social contacts. This is also integrated with gmail. All of this provides GOOGLE with a lot of very saleable information on you and I.
Doesn't France ban the likes of eBay from serving up auctions in Nazi memorabilia for example? A few years ago we probably would have banned information on abortion if we were able. I don't agree with the Chinese policies myself but they are hardly unique and Google are hardly unique in complying with specific national rules.And for those who think GOOGLE is a friendly company we have the announcement today that Google will offer a censored version of its search engine in China which will remove results on "sensitive" topics eg. human rights, Tibet etc...
shnaek said:And for those who think GOOGLE is a friendly company we have the announcement today that Google will offer a censored version of its search engine in China which will remove results on "sensitive" topics eg. human rights, Tibet etc...
Is any company any different from the next?
shnaek said:Firstly, 77% of Google users don't know it records personal data. Apparently Google maintains a lifetime cookie that records the user's IP address and recently it has begun to integrate services which record the user's personal search history, email, shopping habits, and social contacts. This is also integrated with gmail. All of this provides GOOGLE with a lot of very saleable information on you and I.
rpmacmurphy said:Although it posed an intereting scenario on the money program last week: What if someone was accused of covering up a murder, could the police retain searches done by the accused, like "How to dispose of ...."or "where to buy Lime"
Q.E.D...?DrMoriarty said:I wouldn't plan a terrorist attack on it, for example...
Several years ago a man was convicted of the murder of his wife out Blanchardstown way. During the investigation the Gardaí checked his internet usage activity to come up with circumstantial evidence that he had researched forensic identification using DNA before volunteering to give a sample assuming that he was safe due to the time that had passed since the killing. He was identified through this process due to the victim's body having lain in sub zero temperatures for several days thus preserving the DNA longer than normal!ronan_d_john said:Already being done in the US. [broken link removed]
"Petrick used Google to search the Internet for references to "body decomposition," "rigor mortis," "neck" and "break" in the days before and after he murdered his wife, Janine Sutphen, then dumped her body in a lake, said Durham County assistant prosecutor Mitchell Garrell.
By "Googling" his wife's murder, Petrick was inadvertently supporting the prosecutor's time line of events."
This isn't just a search engine issue - Regardless of what records Google keeps, your ISP is tracking your web-usage anyway. See today's papers for details of the court order forcing the major ISP's to identify music downloaders that the record companies have tracked down.ClubMan said:Several years ago a man was convicted of the murder of his wife out Blanchardstown way. During the investigation the Gardaí checked his internet usage activity to come up with circumstantial evidence that he had researched forensic identification using DNA before volunteering to give a sample assuming that he was safe due to the time that had passed since the killing. He was identified through this process due to the victim's body having lain in sub zero temperatures for several days thus preserving the DNA longer than normal!
My mistake - apologies.RainyDay said:BTW, in the case of Marilyn Rynn's murder, she was not killed by her partner.
Damn! There goes my 'perfect crime' scenario...
Or at least, use an Internet cafe!extopia said:Use at your own risk. If you want to google "the perfect crime," don't murder anyone (or vice versa).
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Gordanus said:Or at least, use an Internet cafe!
shnaek said:Apparently Google maintains a lifetime cookie that records the user's IP address and recently it has begun to integrate services which record the user's personal search history,
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