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Why does google keep IPs for searches? Are they required by law , and if so , why? It's not even needed for their advertising profiles. It would save them the t
by cblconfederate 6y ago
Why does google keep IPs for searches? Are they required by law , and if so , why? It's not even needed for their advertising profiles. It would save them the trouble if the data was just not there
- duxup 6y agoI don't know, but it doesn't surprise me that they would.
- shadowgovt 6y agoFraud detection, attack mitigation, system health metrics---Google is a large enough surface (and target) that it has need to collect and collate terabytes of data per day to maintain the health of the system. The mechanisms it uses for attack mitigation alone have to be smart enough to recognize a botnet and drop threat traffic with a scalpel instead of a sledgehammer.
- luckylion 6y agoIPs are legitimate for minutes, maybe hours, but not days or weeks if it's about attack mitigation and fraud detection. Size isn't a factor in that, I believe.
- duxup 6y agoIt's just one more data point. It doesn't have to be the keystone for everything to be useful.
- luckylion 6y agoSure, but in that sense ("it might help defend against an attack") you could argue that Google should also be allowed to keep & use all interactions listened to by Google Assistant, Google Nest etc. They may very well help.
- koheripbal 6y agoI could easily see it being worthwhile for days/weeks/months for search-fraud detection.
- notJim 6y agoI agree with this thinking. I think Google retaining non-anonymized data for the long term poses enormous privacy risks.