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If you delete your history from Google, it only means that you aren't able to see it anymore in your account... Google keeps everything.
by OrgNet 7y ago
If you delete your history from Google, it only means that you aren't able to see it anymore in your account... Google keeps everything.
- crispinb 7y agoDo you have a source for that?
- nullc 7y agoIt's interesting to me that whenever someone responds that Gmail scans mail for advertising several google employees show up to fall all over themselves to deny it. But if you mention retention you get silence. I wouldn't be too shocked if no single human actually knows what the real retention behavior is for gmail.
- crispinb 7y agoAgree. And, yes, secrecy breeds suspicion. We should be suspicious of secretive organisations. But statements of fact go beyond suspicion, and surely require a basis in evidence.
- SquareWheel 7y ago>It's interesting to me that whenever someone responds that Gmail scans mail for advertising several google employees show up to fall all over themselves to deny it. But if you mention retention you get silence. You're not looking hard enough. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19863438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19863438
- crispinb 7y agoGood find, though I do tend to doubt mere company employee claims (lying is endemic to every corporation I've known from inside). In any case the user making the claim you link to came from a throwaway login.
- SquareWheel 7y agoI'm skeptical of company claims on Hacker News as well. But it met the condition described by the parent poster, and really has no more or less veracity than any other anonymous comment.
- crispinb 7y agoTrue enough