How my sexual health searches ended up in the hands of big tech companies

Re:How my sexual health searches ended up in the hands of bi... by friedman23 on Saturday November 24, 2018 @02:54PM (#18523692)

Google is not the one selling your information, one of the websites you clicked probably is. They have pixels on their websites that will then match some fingerprint they generate on your browser with audiences (that contain info such as your email/phone number/etc) that already exist.

If you want to challenge my assertion that Google is not selling your information please point me to where I can buy lists of emails or phone numbers with metadata from google.

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Re:How my sexual health searches ended up in the hands of bi... by anime_forever on Saturday November 24, 2018 @06:26PM (#18524489)

That's true, but Google is one of the companies that pushed very hard to make the current situation socially acceptable

and continues to promote and push technology that allows for it to continue as it's in their interest

Google is a bad actor but yeah they are not the worst offender yet but I'm sure that will change in time right now they are just the enabler

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Re:How my sexual health searches ended up in the hands of bi... by eh78ssxv2f on Saturday November 24, 2018 @07:58PM (#18524789)

> That's true, but Google is one of the companies that pushed very hard to make the current situation socially acceptable

Do you think the current situation would not have happened if Google was not there?

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