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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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