John F Kennedy III
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To where the government can't see what you're doing? No.
What If Someone Could See Everything You’ve Ever Googled?
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To where the government can't see what you're doing? No.
Sunstruck-Eden
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Oh god, all the embarrassing things I've looked up over the years....
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Like what?
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Like "who would win: Goku vs. Superman" embarrassing....
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Not at all what I was thinking. I probably win the embarrassing contest then.
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I once googled 'boobies'
My little brother once googled "big tits" when he was 12 or so. He didn't clear the search. My mom saw it and instantly blamed it on me...
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Did you not see my confession?
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haha
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That's because Danke lives at Walmart. I know, I used to push him around in a shopping cart when I worked there.
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I once googled 'boobies'
Lol. I had that beat a long time ago.
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They'd need a whole new agency to catalog all the porn I've searched for over the past 20 years.... It would have a huge budget lol
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Its called a Scraper.
Scrapers prevent Google from tracking you, they dont even get your IP, they get the Scrapers IP and have no way to track you. That is, if you really know what youre doing. GoogleAnalytics however is used by many many websites for tracking site statistics, none the less, in order to accurately do that, they would need to be able to uniquely identify YOU. It doesnt matter to them if your name is John J. Doe or your name is 198443764218, you are uniquely identified by allowing Tracking Cookies, and a TON of various other methods.
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Privacy and Anonymity are Essential to Liberty. Without them, we leave ourselves open to Police State Abuses
Yeah, its already in my Sig...
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Wait...what were you thinking?
Whats scary is that in maybe ten to twenty years, and you want to find out what someone was Thinking, you MIGHT be able to just Google that too.
Sure, that is Sci Fi stuff for the Tin Foil Hat Patrol, but, what if it were real? (Hypothetical) What if someone could scan your brain every second and record what you were actually thinking? Then make it completely public? How comfortable would you be with that? When you Google on Google, that is pretty much what you are doing, by just filling in the blanks for them, as they fill in the blanks for you.
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Wait...what were you thinking?
Pr0n. Dirty dirty pr0n.
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As was Мы.And 1984 was just a book.
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Teh Thought Police will be unleashed!
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I'll try to continue on other ways to protect your privacy from information brokers like Google.
One way is a "HOSTS" file. The name of the file is just Hosts, in all capital letters.
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
The HOSTS file can be used to manipulate the way the base of your computer works. Everything else rides on top of the HOSTS file. So if you run a video game that is sending out data about you (assuming it is not an online game, or web game), and you put in that website that said game is talking to, that game can no longer be used to spy on you. Same thing EVERY OTHER PROGRAM ON YOUR COMPUTER. Install a brand new program, it rides on the HOSTS file to talk back (if it talks back, some do not). 20 year old DOS Program, if it tried to connect to the net, it uses the HOSTS file. That means that HOSTS Files are compatible with EVERY SINGLE BROWSER NOW AND TO BE CREATED. Unless Microsoft and every other OS Maker (including Unix and Linux, both can use HOSTS files also) decide to destroy HOSTS file functionality, the previous statement will hold true.
Now, that being said, HOSTS files are NOT foolproof. HOSTS files are only useful if trying to access a website by name but not by IP address or tunnelling. So spy.google.com can be blocked in your HOSTS file, but 236.74.183.56 can NOT be blocked by a HOSTS file. So, it isnt perfect, but it is a BIG GUN you want to add to your arsenal.
Now, what to do about GOOGLE SPYING? #1, use a Scraper (see previous post). #2 use a HOSTS file. #3 BLOCK GOOGLE ANALYTICS and pretty much anything related to Googles ability to spy on you. If you do NOT add Googles Analytics to your HOSTS file, you might just as well call google and tell them you did a search for something, doesnt matter what. Heres why. Google is so huge that a lot of people have started trying to get access to that data, but by them getting access, they are giving google access to you. Say Leroy opens up a new website. www.jenkins.com Leroy wants to see how many people visit his website, but isnt super smart on comptuers. Leroy copies a little snippit of code in his website that allows Google Analytics to track you, so he can see how many times YOU have been to his website. It tells Leroy enough, but tells Google more. Leroy doesnt know that after you left jenkins.com, you went to AdultFiendFinder.ws and kittenwar.com, they know when you clicked on the links, how long until your next link, if you clicked on any of their ads, etc. Why? Because both AdultFiendFinder.ws and KittenWar.com also use Google Analytics. Most websites do. If you are talking anywhere in the range of Double Digit Percentages, it is too much for them to know about you.
See, it isnt a matter of what they know, it is how they intend to use it. Every single Constitutional Right (not Civil Liberty, there is a BIG Difference) has been Violated. Do you think that they are going to follow Ex Post Facto? What is Legal today may not be Legal tomorrow. Ex Post Facto is supposed to protect you from going to jail. Say coffee is made illegal. Ex Post Facto is supposed to protect you from going to jail for something that was not previously a crime. Well, now they know you USED to drink coffee, and although the law was passed in 2013 to make coffee illegal, you end up in prison (or more favorably to them) pay a hefty fine for you drinking coffee in 2012. Now, you heard me bitch about Google, know who is worse? Facebook.
Once that information is out there, you have NO control over it, period. Your ONLY recourse is to prevent that information from getting out there to begin with.
If anyone wants help with protecting their online privacy, feel free to PM me and I will do everything in my power to help.
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What to put in your HOSTS file to prevent them Tracking:
# [Google Inc]
127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com
One way is a "HOSTS" file. The name of the file is just Hosts, in all capital letters.
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
The HOSTS file can be used to manipulate the way the base of your computer works. Everything else rides on top of the HOSTS file. So if you run a video game that is sending out data about you (assuming it is not an online game, or web game), and you put in that website that said game is talking to, that game can no longer be used to spy on you. Same thing EVERY OTHER PROGRAM ON YOUR COMPUTER. Install a brand new program, it rides on the HOSTS file to talk back (if it talks back, some do not). 20 year old DOS Program, if it tried to connect to the net, it uses the HOSTS file. That means that HOSTS Files are compatible with EVERY SINGLE BROWSER NOW AND TO BE CREATED. Unless Microsoft and every other OS Maker (including Unix and Linux, both can use HOSTS files also) decide to destroy HOSTS file functionality, the previous statement will hold true.
Now, that being said, HOSTS files are NOT foolproof. HOSTS files are only useful if trying to access a website by name but not by IP address or tunnelling. So spy.google.com can be blocked in your HOSTS file, but 236.74.183.56 can NOT be blocked by a HOSTS file. So, it isnt perfect, but it is a BIG GUN you want to add to your arsenal.
Now, what to do about GOOGLE SPYING? #1, use a Scraper (see previous post). #2 use a HOSTS file. #3 BLOCK GOOGLE ANALYTICS and pretty much anything related to Googles ability to spy on you. If you do NOT add Googles Analytics to your HOSTS file, you might just as well call google and tell them you did a search for something, doesnt matter what. Heres why. Google is so huge that a lot of people have started trying to get access to that data, but by them getting access, they are giving google access to you. Say Leroy opens up a new website. www.jenkins.com Leroy wants to see how many people visit his website, but isnt super smart on comptuers. Leroy copies a little snippit of code in his website that allows Google Analytics to track you, so he can see how many times YOU have been to his website. It tells Leroy enough, but tells Google more. Leroy doesnt know that after you left jenkins.com, you went to AdultFiendFinder.ws and kittenwar.com, they know when you clicked on the links, how long until your next link, if you clicked on any of their ads, etc. Why? Because both AdultFiendFinder.ws and KittenWar.com also use Google Analytics. Most websites do. If you are talking anywhere in the range of Double Digit Percentages, it is too much for them to know about you.
See, it isnt a matter of what they know, it is how they intend to use it. Every single Constitutional Right (not Civil Liberty, there is a BIG Difference) has been Violated. Do you think that they are going to follow Ex Post Facto? What is Legal today may not be Legal tomorrow. Ex Post Facto is supposed to protect you from going to jail. Say coffee is made illegal. Ex Post Facto is supposed to protect you from going to jail for something that was not previously a crime. Well, now they know you USED to drink coffee, and although the law was passed in 2013 to make coffee illegal, you end up in prison (or more favorably to them) pay a hefty fine for you drinking coffee in 2012. Now, you heard me bitch about Google, know who is worse? Facebook.
Once that information is out there, you have NO control over it, period. Your ONLY recourse is to prevent that information from getting out there to begin with.
If anyone wants help with protecting their online privacy, feel free to PM me and I will do everything in my power to help.
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What to put in your HOSTS file to prevent them Tracking:
# [Google Inc]
127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com
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