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You know, the government told librarians they had to turn over the lists of books people checked out from the library and so they stopped storing that informati
by fnid 17y ago
You know, the government told librarians they had to turn over the lists of books people checked out from the library and so they stopped storing that information. They delete it.
I applaud the librarians for standing up to the government. Google... not so much.
- andreyf 17y agoGoogle (and the vast majority of their users) has a whole lot to lose by deleting search history while its competitors pursue personalized search. Librarians - nothing at all.
- boryas 17y agoThen couldn't Google offer some sort of non-personalized version where such data was discarded that privacy conscious users could choose to use? This would bring me back to believing that Google isn't "evil"
- ascuttlefish 17y agoWell, it puts an end to certain types of programmes that use loan histories. For example, some libraries allow people to check their personal loan histories. This is useful if you've ever dug deeply into a given subject at a library, and would like to check what you've read already. Another example is the use of loan histories to generate lists of recommended material. So there is a cost, but I think it's a cost that librarians were willing to pay to protect people's privacy. I see your point though, the costs to Google and their users is higher.