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Google search gets personal (2005)

47 points by ffpip 6y ago

MichaelZuo 6y ago
It's interesting to realize what is standard nowadays was actually a novel invention at some point in time.
- ffpip 6y ago
  > new Google account will tap into the "cookie," or data file, already associated with an individual's computer. This made me laugh. Now every site except HN has some Google scripts and cookies on it.
ffpip 6y ago
> But it may reawaken people to the fact that there are search privacy issues
ffpip 6y ago
Is this some bug? I posted this days ago. Not '2 hours ago' ?
- varbhat 6y ago
  Are you using some app which uses HN api to use HN ? It could be of problem.
  - ffpip 6y ago
    No. I posted this via Firefox. It even got submitted. When I checked yesterday, it had zero comments so I didn't look into it. Now it's on the front page.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
  Posts sometimes get "re-upped" if it was a good post that just failed to gain traction. When it gets re-upped, the time gets reset. I'm not sure if that's what happened here, but maybe.
kube-system 6y ago
> Addressing consumer privacy, Google said that search history data is password-protected and stored securely on its servers. This is Google's real innovation -- deflecting privacy concerns with irrelevant statements about security.
- identity0 6y ago
  Haha, I can't count how often a company, when asked about its privacy, says that it's protected using "military-grade encryption."
  - gumby 6y ago
    “Our data centers were framed with organically and sustainably raised pine 2x4s. The doors are framed with English willow, known by dowsers world wide to be the finest available”
    - ajsnigrutin 6y ago
      Are the 2x4s military grade? Basically, sourced from the cheapest seller?
- ffpip 6y ago
  One reason why Google spends so much on security is because they collect so much. Imagine if they got pwned. Literally everything about every person in the world leaks. Like everything
  - thomasahle 6y ago
    > Imagine if they got pwned. Like when the NSA tapped the unencrypted wires between Google servers.
higerordermap 6y ago
LoL they don't still know I don't like those ZDNet, DZone, Geeksforgeeks links, and those medium blogs using too much emojis.

47 points by ffpip 6y ago

MichaelZuo 6y ago

It's interesting to realize what is standard nowadays was actually a novel invention at some point in time.

ffpip 6y ago
> new Google account will tap into the "cookie," or data file, already associated with an individual's computer. This made me laugh. Now every site except HN has some Google scripts and cookies on it.

ffpip 6y ago

> But it may reawaken people to the fact that there are search privacy issues

ffpip 6y ago

Is this some bug? I posted this days ago. Not '2 hours ago' ?

varbhat 6y ago
Are you using some app which uses HN api to use HN ? It could be of problem.
- ffpip 6y ago
  No. I posted this via Firefox. It even got submitted. When I checked yesterday, it had zero comments so I didn't look into it. Now it's on the front page.
TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
Posts sometimes get "re-upped" if it was a good post that just failed to gain traction. When it gets re-upped, the time gets reset. I'm not sure if that's what happened here, but maybe.

kube-system 6y ago

> Addressing consumer privacy, Google said that search history data is password-protected and stored securely on its servers. This is Google's real innovation -- deflecting privacy concerns with irrelevant statements about security.

identity0 6y ago
Haha, I can't count how often a company, when asked about its privacy, says that it's protected using "military-grade encryption."
- gumby 6y ago
  “Our data centers were framed with organically and sustainably raised pine 2x4s. The doors are framed with English willow, known by dowsers world wide to be the finest available”
  - ajsnigrutin 6y ago
    Are the 2x4s military grade? Basically, sourced from the cheapest seller?
ffpip 6y ago
One reason why Google spends so much on security is because they collect so much. Imagine if they got pwned. Literally everything about every person in the world leaks. Like everything
- thomasahle 6y ago
  > Imagine if they got pwned. Like when the NSA tapped the unencrypted wires between Google servers.

higerordermap 6y ago

LoL they don't still know I don't like those ZDNet, DZone, Geeksforgeeks links, and those medium blogs using too much emojis.