Re:How to Set Your Google Data to Self-Destruct
by kccqzy on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @12:49AM
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Weren't a lot of people on Twitter complaining that this is basically insufficient? Most of the information about you that can be profitably mined to create "insights" about you expire in less than a month, these people claim. By having Google auto-delete them in three months, it could provide some peace of mind to you, but it doesn't really affect Google's ability to target you in ads.
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Re:How to Set Your Google Data to Self-Destruct
by judge2020 on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:13AM
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I don't think that's what Google is trying to advertise with this, the threat model is "I don't want google having 10+ years of my browsing history in case they are compromised or some G employee goes looking through my history". My point is that it isn't misleading, of course they're not going to intentionally harm their Ad business unless you really go though the trouble: https://youtu.be/NQ6-DP6DIiU