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crazzywolfie

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i never see any adds when i am searching on google or many other websites but then again i have adblock and avg do not track software.

imo bing sucks. i have tried using it before and it was useless.
 

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me too, i use fire fox with ad block, i like it alot but there are times i need to use internet explorer to acess certain sites so i see ads then
 

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i can't even remember the last time i used IE or FF. i have just been using Google chrome. it does all i need plus some sometimes. now that i got a higher tech phone i really like Google chrome. i can install apps on my phone from the pc.
 

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Bing sucks. Just use google and get related adds instead of other sites and get irrelevant adds.
 

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Go to google, type in something new, click a link, then go to bing and type in the same thing that led you to the last link. You will see that it is purple like you've clicked on it before. Yahoo and Bing both use google as the base search engine.

Sorry.
 

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you seem to be correct. that shows how long it has long it has been since i used bing. last time i tried using bing years ago it seemed useless but now it does seem to work about the exact same as Google.
 

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Go to google, type in something new, click a link, then go to bing and type in the same thing that led you to the last link. You will see that it is purple like you've clicked on it before. Yahoo and Bing both use google as the base search engine.

Sorry.

PageRank (the algorithm that Google uses) has absolutely no connection to Bing. The link is purple because your browser recognizes the URL, NOT because you've clicked on that exact same link before.
 

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I use AdBlock in Chrome and AVG's Do Not Track. You legally have the option to be tracked by sites. It just comes down to what actions you take.
 

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Ha of course they are doing that

Facebook has been doing it for ages

Don't pretend every big Internet corporation isn't doing it or developing it

Company's would pay huge money to get there product targeted at the right audience world wide
 

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And i leggaly have the option not to be tracked

No you do not. You are accessing GOOGLE's server, creating need for employees that GOOGLE pays for, using electricity and components that GOOGLE pays for. It is a PRIVATE server. You shouldn't have hardly any rights. If you don't like Google's Privacy Policy, don't use Google! Plain and simple!


I swear, people need to pull their heads out of their @$$es when it comes to the internet. I'd bet 99%+ of internet have no idea how it even works or what it really is.
 

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i dont know what everyone does on the net but are u really worried about the goverment tracking you i mean coming on this forum, using facebook maybe buying some stuff on ebay
what are u doing wrong why are u worried about the goverment knowing u break the odd minor customs law
i really dont think they care they have bigger issues

im more worried about my girlfreind getting my internet history than the govrerment or google

i accually quite like the targeting advertizing
i type rose joints into google and what would u know they find me a place to buy them
 

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im more worried about my girlfreind getting my internet history than the govrerment or google
same here, but for when i need to not have my internet tracked i just uses th incognito/private browsing mode on my internet. it works aslong as the person your hiding from isnt smart enough to look at the router history
 

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i dont know what everyone does on the net but are u really worried about the goverment tracking you i mean coming on this forum, using facebook maybe buying some stuff on ebay
what are u doing wrong why are u worried about the goverment knowing u break the odd minor customs law
i really dont think they care they have bigger issues

im more worried about my girlfreind getting my internet history than the govrerment or google

i accually quite like the targeting advertizing
i type rose joints into google and what would u know they find me a place to buy them

I was not talking about government watching me. I been reading reports where the government wants to control what we see and do on the net. Just like China already does.

If I want to watch porn then let me watch porn. I do not need to be sensored by governement.

Again I do not know the facts to argue a case. I just been remember reading aticals where the Government is already taking or trying to take baby steps at government sensoring of the net.

If the governement was watching me I am screwed for sure. But at the same time I am sick of giving up freedom to pick and chose.

Government would love to shut down porn,racist sites,preppers,kkk,medical marijuna forums etc. etc.
 

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All search engines use cookies to track ur behavior. How u think they make money. U look up something about a 57 Chevy then those little side ads will be about a new chevy.

I too use AdBlock but on FireFox. U can also block cookies in browser settings but alot of sites wont work with blocked cookies. I also use adaware, spybot sd, etc and block known bad tracking cookies.
 
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