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Re:Google Maps personalization could hurt public space and e... by onecommentonly on Saturday June 08, 2013 @10:40AM (#5844975)
giving preferential treatment to the places frequented by our social networking friends, the places we mention in our emails, the sites we look up on the search engine.

This all of the sudden looks like a nightmare to me, post NSA Prism. You aren't getting that info from me. Not Google, not Facebook.

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Re:Google Maps personalization could hurt public space and e... by kaeawc on Saturday June 08, 2013 @11:30AM (#5845152)
They're just using the data they have in a new way... you're not giving more.
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