Google Search/Web history disable does nothing for privacy

Re:Google Search/Web history disable does nothing for privacy by thomasbachem on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @07:11AM (#7809316)

Don't forget: Google AdSense, DoubleClick, Google Hosted Libraries (jQuery etc.), Google Maps Embeds, Google DNS servers, ...

I'd bet Google can track you on ~80% of all websites.

Does anybody know of studies that analyze the reach of these direct/indirect tracking capabilities?

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Re:Google Search/Web history disable does nothing for privacy by jacquesm on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @07:14AM (#7809324)

Hey Thomas!

Long time no see... what is it, 6 years or so? There's a blast from the past...

I totally forgot about DoubleClick and DNS, I'll update the post.

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Re:Google Search/Web history disable does nothing for privacy by thomasbachem on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @07:23AM (#7809351)

Hey Jacques, I think it's even more than 7 years :). Reading a lot of your stuff, hope we'll meet again soon!

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Re:Google Search/Web history disable does nothing for privacy by jacquesm on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @07:24AM (#7809355)

I should be in your hometown somewhere in the next few months, drop me a line at [email protected] with your cell number in it and I'll buy you dinner.

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Re:Google Search/Web history disable does nothing for privacy by danieldk on Wednesday May 28, 2014 @11:12AM (#7810372)

These as startling statistics, roughly corresponding to the number in the linked blog post. Add to that that they can also probably analyse ~50% of meaningful e-mails (depending on the region) [1].

[1] http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/google-has-most-of-my-email-bec...

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