A majority of consumers do not expect Google to track their activities

Re:A majority of consumers do not expect Google to track the... by sz4kerto on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:04PM (#19608540)

It's more plausible that someone who was on the same WiFi (or at the same location) was searching for Roadhouse.

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Re:A majority of consumers do not expect Google to track the... by kerng on Monday April 08, 2019 @07:02PM (#19609978)

Obviously Google knows who your coworkers are. Only one of them searching for Roadhouse (combined with some other matching critera) might be the reason you see it.

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Re:A majority of consumers do not expect Google to track the... by gambler on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:12PM (#19608603)

Sounds plausible. No matter what they say, Google "stickies" some searches to IPs, even when you're not logged in and clear all cookies. This is one of the reasons I started using a VPN.

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Re:A majority of consumers do not expect Google to track the... by jlarocco on Monday April 08, 2019 @05:40PM (#19609310)

How does a VPN help? Unless you're switching IPs constantly, Google will still associate the information with you.

Your actual identity is irrelevant, it's the "virtual" identity they've built of you that's important.

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Re:A majority of consumers do not expect Google to track the... by kortilla on Monday April 08, 2019 @07:07PM (#19610041)

If you use a VPN client on your computer/phone your searches won’t be associated with other searches coming from your office.

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Re:A majority of consumers do not expect Google to track the... by _jomo on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @04:01AM (#19612657)

I think most VPNs use NAT, so many users share the same IP address. Otherwise the VPN would be mostly pointless.

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