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Dee
01-25-2012, 06:35 AM
What I would like to say about this would be “inappropriate” for the Geek-O-Rama forum so I will just post the info instead.

Google starts tracking people as they use YouTube, search, Gmail (http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1120964--google-starts-tracking-users-use-of-youtube-search-gmail?bn=1)

Google on Tuesday said it will begin tracking people as they use Google search and Gmail, watch YouTube videos and use other Google services—at their computers and on their mobile devices.

That announcement came hours after Facebook said it will make Timeline and Open Graph part of the default user interface. These new services chronologically assemble and make more easily accessible the preferences, acquaintances and activities of its 800 million members.

The two changes will become effective over the next few weeks, the tech giants said. “It’s clear that they’re doing this to chase more advertising revenue,” says P.J. McNealy, analyst at Digital World Research.

The $32 billion U.S. market for online advertising in 2011, as estimated by eMarketer, is expected to grow at a robust clip. Apple, Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo, Adobe and a flock of Internet-based companies are part of this gold rush.

Google and Facebook have been sanctioned by U.S. regulators for privacy violations. The moves disclosed on Tuesday are sure to draw scrutiny....

Ginny
01-27-2012, 11:43 AM
Hi Dee. I'm already seeing myself tracked on the gaming site that I go to. They can try to sell me hemmorhoid (sp?) cream all they want, I'm not going to buy it lol. I really can't "see" the ads anymore.

On the serious side, thank God for the Fifth Estate, journalism. If they do their job properly, journalists will fight the good fight. This is a nice article from The Star, reprinted from USA Today.