After poring over some articles at Google-Watch.org, I've decided it makes no sense to fight big brother -- he's everywhere, watching everything we do!!! So, I recant pretty much everything from my November Do-No-Track Lists post :)
Some interesting stuff from Google-Watch:
"Google has never been known to delete any of the data they've collected, since day one. For example, their cookie with the unique ID in it, which expires in 2038, has been tracking all of the search terms you've ever used while searching their main index."
"For all searches they record the cookie ID, your Internet IP address, the time and date, your search terms, and your browser configuration."
"Google admits that deleted messages will remain on their system, and may be accessible internally at Google, for an indefinite period of time."
Google and others say that nothing is "personally identifiable", therefore "trackable" back to an individual, but I guess I don't buy it. Don't get me wrong, Google is da bomb -- cuz without them, I'd still be making my living working at a cube farm. Google is my homepage. Gmail is my main email address, for personal and professional use. And, I also use gtalk as my main IM app. SO, I'm logged in 100% of the day.
If Google tracks every search I make, and keeps every email, they know exactly who I am. I signed up for the account using my real name, and my signature includes my name and contact information. See...it wouldn't take much for them to match that all together and send big brother everything they know about me.
Spooky, but we knew it was inevitable, yes?
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