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Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge... by stupidbird on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @11:49AM (#18601102)
Do you switch IPs, browsers, computers, etc every time you close the tab too? If not, Google tracks you.
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Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge... by giancarlostoro on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @12:07PM (#18601265)
Even if you did all that Google will track you. Whether they match up all your identities or not is another story.
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Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge... by 51lver on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @07:09PM (#18604688)
Bring a laptop from your home back to your folks place and I bet they can make the connection...
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Re:Google personalizes search results even when you’re logge... by stupidbird on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @03:58PM (#18612469)
No doubt whatsoever. A lot of those "Facebook is listening to my conversation" claims come from the fact that they'll associate people based on network locations, IPs, etc.

For example: You're at your friends house with the Facebook app, your friend clicks on an ad for socks. The next day you start seeing ads for socks despite not having any sock-related activity. This is just an oversimplified example.

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