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If you want to opt out of data collection, it's not that hard, just go to google.com/privacy
by s17n 9y ago
If you want to opt out of data collection, it's not that hard, just go to google.com/privacy
- confounded 9y agoWhat does this definition of "opt-out" mean?
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- microcolonel 9y agoThe code in their tracker stub (always inlined as a <script> tag) is rendered inoperable.
- curiousDog 9y agoBut GDPR is more than that right? I can tell Google to delete everything it knows about me, not just start opting out.
- jpadkins 9y agoyou can already do that at https://myaccount.google.com/ https://myaccount.google.com/
- Nala_Alan 9y agoDo you actually believe it will delete anything? You're wrong. NSA would still get the data, and so would Google for marketing purposes. It's just to calm privacy-aware, but not techsavvy users.
- andrewmutz 9y agoIf you don't want the NSA to gather information on you, the GDPR will not address that.
- hedora 9y agoIf it is illegal for google to collect the data, then the NSA can't force them to or subpoena the non-existent files.
- cromwellian 9y agoThe NSA will collect it on the wire anyway. They have drilled in and tapped underground fibre optic cables on private networks behind HTTPS load balancers before, and simply captured what they want.
- hedora 9y agoHow do I do that if I don't have an account? Also, if I do have an account, will that delete all of the crap doubleclick and friends shared with each other while I was logged out?
- twhb 9y agoGoogle stores many of those settings as cookies, which means your opt-out only applies to one browser on one device for a limited time.
- Nala_Alan 9y agoI wouldn't trust Google in anything, especially opt-outs.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- hedora 9y agoI don't login and regularly clear my cookies (pretty much whenever the first targeted ad gets past my adblocker). I wonder if there is a browser extension that will auto-opt-out of all 1,000,000 (or whatever) trackers on the internet each time you clear cookies.
- dingo_bat 9y agoYou can use ghostery.