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Does Google search engine search by the information you provide.

  • 24-01-2019 01:15PM
    #1
    raher1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭


    Does Google search engine search by the information you provide. I am told I am quiet person, intelligent and generally a nice guy.
    Would Google spiders and algorithm adopt that for my searches.


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  • #2
    Anima
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,945 ✭✭✭Anima


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  • #3
    Talisman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,208 ✭✭✭Talisman


    If you want to be paranoid, then the Google machine knows more about you from your online behaviour than you realise.

    Whenever you type a website address into the browser it needs to find out what computer it needs to talk to. It does this by resolving the domain name into an internet address using the DNS (Domain Name Service) - the largest public DNS is operated by Google since 2009. Their service handles hundreds of billions of requests everyday.

    If they chose to do so they could use your browsing habits to profile you - they don't need to use your search history to profile you because you've already given their algorithms some valuable insights.


  • #4
    14ned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 768 ✭✭✭14ned


    Talisman wrote: »
    If they chose to do so they could use your browsing habits to profile you - they don't need to use your search history to profile you because you've already given their algorithms some valuable insights.

    They track everybody, irrespective. I'm unique on https://amiunique.org/ because I run such a privacy focused config. Custom web browser, custom Android build, all never recording nor storing anything. Makes me very unique, and thus perfectly trackable.

    Statistics is a bitch.

    Niall


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