Greg Egan (the geometer and sci-fi writer) had a similar (if much less harmful) issue for years, which he blogged about at https://www.gregegan.net/ESSAYS/GOOGL

Greg Egan (the geometer and sci-fi writer) had a similar (if much less harmful) issue for years, which he blogged about at https://www.gregegan.net/ESSAYS/GOOGLE/Google.html https://www.gregegan.net/ESSAYS/GOOGLE/Google.html . "We made a profile of you, and if you think it's wrong, you'll have to register and share the right info with us" has been one of the safest giveaways of data hucksters. I used to think Google was the one exception, but by now I believe I should have trusted the rule. At least someone is having fun with it: https://www.forgednfast.com/why-was-google-search-telling-people-to-throw-their-car-batteries-into-the-ocean/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThrowing%20car%20batteries%20into%20the,it%20as%20the%20top%20answer https://www.forgednfast.com/why-was-google-search-telling-pe....