money.cnn.com — Google recently released its annual rundown of popular searches for 2008 - what they call the "zeitgeist" list - and it's a reminder, once again, of how much we reveal about ourselves every time we type into a search bar.
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lilxJan 2, 2009
We hide our memories from the public in fear of losing our pesonality for them. But in fact we are all the same and unique at the same time. Google is doing a good job putting the world's knowledge easily accessible, in the future this database will make sense when we will be able to connect our brains to the internet and share memories/experiences/skills with other people without a computer. In an era that we will merge with the computers, not cyborg s**t, but natural evolution.
Closed AccountJan 2, 2009
Just because you have some kind of weird reverse voyeur fetish doesn't mean we all do.
d3koyJan 3, 2009
Hold on, let me get a pen. I want to write some of these down...
jjamminjonJan 3, 2009
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wonderhat7Jan 4, 2009
Good job! You aptly understood what I was saying, and paraphrased it in a sardonic, sarcastic manner!I totally was NOT only saying that people shouldn't worry about Google/Yahoo/Microsoft using their search information against them! And, I totally WAS saying that the aforementioned companies collect such information for naught- that it's all stored merely to waste said companies' money and squander server space away./Sarcasm.My point was that, for Google to actually incriminate one of their users based his or her search terms, they'd have to be pouring considerable resources into such watchdog behavior. Millions and millions of people use Google everyday. They are not the RIAA. They're not going to find a couple people to persecute, to "make a point." Getting legitimately worried about that is ridiculous.What's not ridiculous, however, is for Google, with the help of various kinds of software and scripts, to use accumulated data to improve their search engine and ultimately augment the user experience. And, I'm certainly not going to nitpick about Adsense, which is completely innocuous, as far as I'm concerned.
kablekibJan 5, 2009
@lzzmo "and there are 12 digits in an IP address, not 11."Not true. it varies.
pandaroDec 29, 2009
I was being sarcastic. You'd have to read the article.