Why You Might Want to Delete Your Google Browser History Before Next Week
- Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:40am by
Liz Klimas
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As of March 1, Google’s new, “shorter and easier to read” privacy policy will go into effect. At that time, the search giant that also includes products such as YouTube, Gmail and Calendar will begin “[treating] you as a single user across all [of its] products.” An example provided by the company is letting you know you’re late for a meeting based on your location and calendar schedule.
So, what is there to do if you want Google to hold a little less personal information about you? The Daily Mail suggests a good starting step is to delete your browser history. It even offers the steps on how to do so:
1. Go to the Google homepage and sign into your account. Use the dropdown menu under your name in the upper right-hand corner to access your settings. Click on “account settings”, like below.

(Image: Daily Mail)
2. Next, find the section called “Services” and you’ll see a link to “View, enable, or disable web history”, shown in the red box below. Click on it.

(Image: Daily Mail)
3. Finally, you can remove all of your search details by clicking on “Remove Web History”, shown in the red box below. Once you have done this your history will remain disabled until you turn it back on.

(Image: Daily Mail)
The Daily Mail notes that while clearing your browsing history won’t prevent Google from storing this info for its own purposes, it will at least become anonymous.
Google announced in January that it would be reducing its more than 60 privacy policies into one cohesive message. With this new policy, if you are logged into Google, the company may be able to collect your information from one service to another, recognizing preferences and making connections across its platforms. If you think not logging into Google will prevent tracking, the Daily Mail points out that the company will just track you by IP address. While Google says that this updated policy doesn’t deviate from its core principals.
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EPICBAMF
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:52amSo does anyone know what this means for ANDROID users with Verizon?! Since you have to have a google account to use the phone, is this a breach of contract on their part?
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:22amI don’t use google I use Gibiru instead.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:40amI was wondering the same thing. I have an Android phone. All my accounts are linked to the phone. I do have it rooted and froze quite a few programs. However, I think no matter what you do you can not avoid being traced. When it gets to the point where being traced could threaten my life or freedom, then I’ll simply trash the phone and use one of my very old 1X Motorola V60S flip phone. E911 off, GPS, off and phone only on for emergency. I know there is no 100% way not to be traced or tracked. Changing VPN’s and other things can be done. But when the time comes, then I’ll do that…just not quite there yet.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:21pmThe net is a public bulletin board-as far as i’m concered. I have no problem with google compiling data on my use of it. my right to privacy ends when i leave my house.if on a bulletin board i wish to monitor what a person of interest to me is doing on this public buliten board -it’s my right.As long as i don’t harrass or other wise break any law -i have the right to keep tabs on or at public spaces.
Freedomluver
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:02pm@rose-ellen
OMG, people like you never cease to amaze me. It is none of ANYONE’S business what places you visit, nor to follow your movements. That is the kind of insanity that East Germany used to try to do.
Your personal property and information are just that…YOURS, and it is a mentality like yours that claims private property is somehow “public space” that is based on left wing insanity.
You lefties justify even the government to search you for any reason they please with ZERO probable cause, which is exactly the opposite of what the 4th amendment was intended to not allow.
Your computer/phone is part of your “papers and effects”, and allowing anyone to access it without your specific consent is a recipe for disaster…unless you love Big Brother…which given your leanings seems quite obvious.
You would have been quite the model citizen…of East Germany.
Report Post »EPICBAMF
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:05pmROSE-ELLEN “The net is a public bulletin board-as far as i’m concered. I have no problem with google compiling data on my use of it. my right to privacy ends when i leave my house.”
…Contradict much?
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:26pmEPIC, yes he does (ROSE)
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:26pmI thought I read, once, that Rose-Ellen was in Great Britain. If so, this would explain her European socialistic thinking. I am sure glad my mother left Luxemburg and came to America. I might have been born European and never known such freedoms.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:27pmNice burqa rosie.
You are not worthy of the freedoms guaranteed to you by God. Yes God. The one who gave His only begotten son to atone for mans sin. You are an enemy to mans freedom and have proven yourself as such. Give away as much of your liberty as you like. I feel no need to explain the fact that the US Constituion guarantees our rights against an all oppressive govt. I understand its not like the constitution of the third world slum that you are proud to be from.
Best wishes to you when you are no longer free. And stop giving me those sexy eyes through that burqa.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:34pmDoes anyone know the best site to use for security and privacy for email?
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:37pmNo because you agree to their terms, they don’t agree to anything except to provide you service and even that is at their discretion.
Report Post »Lamarr01
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:57pm@Rose-Ellen
Please supply the following information:
1) Full Name
2) Current Photo
3) Cell Phone Number
4) Home Phone Number
5) Social Security Number
6) All user_ids and passwords
7) Checking Account Number
8) Credit Card Info
9) All investment Accounts and passwords
10) IP Address (take down firewall)
11) Facebook page
12) Email accounts (user_id, password)
Please have a smart phone equipped with GPS. It’s only in case of an emergency 911 (I promise no one will follow you around!)
Please delete any embarrassing photos, videos or e-mails that you don’t want posted on the big bulletin board.
Report Post »tuppenceworth
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:06pm@ Rose Ellen. “google is not the government”
Report Post »After these revised policies, Google will be 2 steps away from being the government.
Step 1. A crisis or an emergency will force the government to utilize what information Google has collected (which they will comply).
Step 2. Google is “too big to fail” (after the internet gets restricted – I mean “Regulated” by the government) and gets bought, or rather, “bailed out”.
The pattern keeps repeating, yet some refuse to see it.
The-Monk
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:36pmI went to the history on my google account and the only choice was to turn history on. I never turned it off. Kind of strange. I wonder if google changed the settings to make it look like history is off?
Report Post »qinncy
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:21pmIf I went to control panel and clicked on my programs and then deleted everything that has Google in it. will that take care of them
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:58pm@qinncy
Report Post »No…. those are google add-ons. Like google desktop and google toolbar. If you use google for web searches or e-mail they will save what you are doing and sell that information. You have to stop using google altogether to get rid of google.
But, it’s good that you uninstalled the google add-ons.
30mmgunpilot
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 6:03pmcopatriots,
Try hushmail.com for decent private email. Works for me. Not perfect, but better than your garden variety email security.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 6:17pmThanks 30MM!
Report Post »Thedadde
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:12pmA painting of President Obama trampling the Constitution has the media calling the painter a controversial artist. Or, as he’d be called if the painting was of George Bush, an NEA recipient…
Report Post »America is over folks. You were asleep. And that, is all you need tell your grandchildren. THEY ARE in it! What did you do? Collectively, we snored. Now what? US gonna fix it? US gonna do anything? Say something? Moo?
terridear1
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:49pmCan someone tell me how to Get google off it i don’t know the pass word or user name? my sister set up an account for me to use some phone feature and I don’t remember any thing about it. Has the freedom grabbers gotten to ATT and Yahoo yet?. If you know email me terrimorris56@ yahoo.com its a phoney name so dont worry about privacy.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 6:39am@copatriots
I don’t know about email, but I know a search engine that claims not to keep track of you: ixquick.com
Report Post »Watchingtheweasels
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 8:25amIf you have an Android phone, you already have no privacy. Ever read those terms of service you agree to when you install almost any app out there? Essentially you’re giving multiple companies (not just google) the right to monitor every single thing that you do with that Android phone. I fully expect that these privacy policy changes won‘t just affect Google’s desktop platforms, but anything you do with that Droid will be tied in to your desktop/laptop histories as well.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 1:39pmThanks LORIANN, I use ixquick as well. I’ve bookmarked the other search engines noted in this thread to check them out as well……namely DuckDuckGo (love the name! hehehe) and Gibiru. If anyone knows what makes one better than another, please share. Many thanks!
Report Post »truthful7777
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 12:32pmPRIVACY they have no right going into our private information on any site that is privacy
Report Post »do THEY NOT KNOW PRIVACY PRIRATCY…
NO NO NO I DO NOT THINK SO I HAVE NO GOOGLE ACCT I GUESS I HAVE TO DELETE
GOODGLE SEARCH I DONT WANT THEM TO TRACK ME GOD FOR BID
WE NEED TO KEEP POSTING
hwyllie
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 1:41pm@ cessna152.. i was watching gbtv and the only way to stop a cell phone from being tracked, any cell phone, is to remove the battery. they found it odd that the battery in an apple i-phone can’t be removed. even in the off position any cell phone can be tracked. feels like we’ve walked into a bear trap. God bless
Report Post »GatorSlayer
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 11:07amPhone in coffee can with foil over top not trackable
Report Post »billydeez
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 2:14pmthis site gathers more info than google ….. bEwaRe!
Report Post »Hugh Williams
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:22amWow
Report Post »db321
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 11:09amWOW! is right! – I have 5 Gmail accounts for different Businesses. It was a trip down memory lane. It is obvious which side of the political fence I am on. Google had enough on me to place a Fatwa on my head. Cleared History and it is paused for now.
Son of a Gun – We now live in Russia!
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 11:27amI paused my web history long ago. I don‘t know why that’s not suggested in the article.
Report Post »AMENDMENT
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:46pmBetter option than google is http://duckduckgo.com and why? http://duckduckgo.com/privacy.html
Report Post »WakingSheep
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:13pmThink this is bad……. heard about facebook?
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:20pmThe net is cyperspace -not actual space.cyberspace is a public bulletin board.my home is my castle.east germany had the governemnt spying on people and it had people spying on people and then informing on them to the government.google is not the government..if i like going to a park and everyday i see someone who interests me -i have the right to get to know him/her better in all ways that are legal.that means checking him out to my hearts content.The park is public space. the net is public cyber space.same thing.i own my computer and my home-i don’t own the public park or cyber space.
rose-ellen
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:08pmi choose to not give you all that information.if however i did post all that on varios internet sites -you as a free human being are allowed to note what i posted.if you use what i posted and what you noted for illigal acts-then that is a crime.if not your notes are your business.[till you post them on line then they're everyone else's. business too].
rose-ellen
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:38pmIf we have good laws protecting our rights then there is nothing to fear.In new york there is a police deptartment going into other states and doing intelligence monitoring and compilation of free people.The government and the people support this.get laws passed against that or enforce existing laws that prohibit that[prosecute or impeach the police deptment chief who did this] before you project unto google possibilities that have not happened.The problem is government- -not google.All companies are going to comply when forced by government[unless of course they choose to violate laws].it is draconian laws that will be the problem–not google per se.
rose-ellen
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:47pmwe should fight government restrictions and regulations of google.of course if google can help catch human traffickers and child pornographers and other NONPOLITICAL serious crimes why not use it? no different then a finger print in that regard.
Lamarr01
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:57pmGoogle’s motto used to be: “Don’t be evil.”
1) write a nasty email to every Google advertiser that pops up. Tell them you will never buy their goods and services.
Report Post »2) get several Google Mail accounts. Switch around so they can’t combine the data.
3) give Google email addresses to every site that generates tons of junk email.
4) remember to change your age and sex frequently. It makes the marketing data worthless.
5) Google can’t charge much for your information if you are a male, 85+, income less than $5,000.
6) Google advertisers get charged when you click on them. Click on things you would never purchase. Click to several pages in the site to waste their advertising dollars.
7) Write emails to yourself using words such as: ‘illegal immigrant’, ‘outbreak’, ‘drill’, ‘strain’, ‘virus’, ‘recovery’, ‘deaths’, ‘collapse’, ‘human to animal’ and ‘trojan’, The NSA and DHS will go crazy.
@leftfighter
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:01pmBoy am I glad I never opened a gmail account, moved my google browser to bing immediately upon activating my iphone, and have never set up a profile on youtube or any other google service.
I don’t even go on there to search. I use bing instead.
True enough, Bing has the ability to do all of the things google is trying to do, but the difference lies in the fact that they’re not (yet) and when/if they do, I’ll be out of them as well.
Google = Big Brother… no matter what euro-trash Rosie thinks, it’s evil.
Report Post »Lamarr01
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:07pmROSE-ELLEN how much do you get paid as a TROLL. You can sign up at white-house.gov and be on the Obama Truth Squad. Obama needs 2 million naive, young people to distort the truth where ever they find it. Get daily talking points sent to you instantly.
The Obama’s Socialist Utopia is just a Cut-and-Paste away.
Report Post »GlennaBeckski
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:25pmLAMARRO1 …Thanks for the advice! Not sure if it was intended to be practical or humorous as I found it to be both. I copied and pasted for later use.
Report Post »Divothead
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:16amHave a look at ‘DuckDuckGo’
Report Post »aggiebrewer
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:31amYES. Duck Duck Gohas has a great policy and you can even use encrypted searches. takes a long time but good to know it is there.
Report Post »BUT…do we really know it is safer? How do we know?
Two Sheds
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:35amAlso take a look at Tor browser: https://www.torproject.org/
“it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location.”
It‘s a little slow due to the encryption and the ’anonymous’ network but it does keep your browsing private.
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:26pmI use and will always suggest Opera as a browser with the “Ghostery” extension installed, it blocks 3rd party tracking cookies, heck, it blocked 13 on this page alone. It’s fast as firefox, fully customizable, and free of course.
Report Post »I also use ixquick.com as a search page, they also have one that is called http://www.startpage.com and it utilizes the google web-crawlers, but it removes any trackers, it is as safe as can be.
I haven’t used duckduckgo, it just sounded goofy, but it maybe worth a shot, give a look at startpage.com too though.
I do find it funny that both google and facebook have cookies that are blocked w/ Ghostery on this site. The blaze seems very spot-on about the evils of google, but then allows them on their site, that just seems a little bass-ackwards.
rose-ellen
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:51pmThere is no such thing as private information -once it has been-posted on a public bulletin board.Everything on a public bulletin board is public.free people can do whatever they want with that public information-including compiling information.if someone has forced you to post on a public bulletin board then you might sue to have that information expunged.but to pass laws that individuals or companies can’t do what they want with information freely posted on a public buletin board is an arbitrary and capricious atttempt to curtail peoples freedom-their right to check and compile information from a legal public bulletin board.if i want to compile information on everyone who walks down a public street i am free to do so as long as i don’t break a law.This of course is different from a government agency compiling information as that would create a police state where individuals feel less free knowing the gov’t- which has powers over the individual [the power to arrest you and deprive you of your freedom] makes a person feel intimidated about saying or doing things they otherwise[if the government were not compiling information on them] would feel was part of being free.as long as google is not government i don‘t have a problem with them tracking what i’ve chosen to post on this public bulletin board.There is no inherent right to privacy-there is the right to due process,private property [information is not property-i believe].
kryptonite
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 6:55pm@Charybdis
It all comes down to the JOOOOOOOOOOOS, doesn’t it Paulbots?
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In a nutshell. Neo-nazis and Islamists in sync like in the old days (except that the distribution of power has now shifted in favor of the beheaders).
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100423145706AANgoWN
@TZion
Report Post »Excellent post!
Guttersmack
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:54pmRose-Ellen, Sweetheart, it has little to do with posts and comments. It has to do with tracking the information I search for online. If I want to know something I should be able to look it up without bringing the wrath or suspension of a government entity upon me. I am law abiding and have no intent to ever harm anyone or disrupt society in any way, but some times I just get curious…and it is my right to satisfy that curiosity privately.
Your comments reveal a lack of multi-step understanding of this situation.
And after you use a period, hit the space bar TWICE, D@mn it!
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:11amDone! Thanks!
Here’s an even better idea! Stop using all Google services. Don’t use their search engine — ever! Also, add the NoScript and Ghostery add-ons to your browser and use them to block all Google ads. I did that 3 years ago, and I’m glad I did. There are Google scripts on this web page, but they don‘t show up on my browser because I’ve blocked them!
Life is much better without Google!
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:24amAren’t the founders of Google all Jewish? I wonder if that fact might influence some of what many call an anti-Christian bias in the company. Along the lines of privacy and security here are a few more facts people given to thought may want to consider.
Carl Levin: Head of Senate Armed Services Committee. Coauthor and sponsor of the NDAA 1687 civilian detainment law just recently passed.
Michael Chertoff: United States Secretary of Homeland Security co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act and founder of the Chertoff Group which represents manufacturers of the H.S. scanners.
Joe Liberman: Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
Diane Fienstien: Head of Senate Intelligence committee.
Daniel Benjiman: Head of Counter Terrorism.
Leon Panetta: Sec of Defense.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Head of DNC
I wonder if all these positions were held by any other ethnic group would it raise anyone’s suspicions?
Report Post »aggiebrewer
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:33amtechengineer11
Report Post »So you are trying to find anti semetic ideologues here on the Blaze? The only ones you will find will be members emeritus at THE HUFFINGTON POST who come to troll here.
We stand with Isreal.
GetRight
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:59amRight AGGIEBREWER! I have heard this same crap from several people just trying to find some Jewish conspiracy in government and Hollywood. I’m sure there are plenty of top positions held by Christians so what does that prove? It is funny and scary that o many people are focused on some non-existent Jewish conspiracy and ignoring the communists, socialist, fascists, Sharia law supporters in this administration! But this is perfect for the “evil one”, just divert attention from the true evil seeping into our society and place it on the Jews. That is killing two birds with one stone for him! I wish people would wake up and allow themselves to see evil for what it is. The evil one is the master of deception!
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:07amaggiebrewer: Did the facts offend you?
Listen I’m an American. I’m bound by the US Constitution and I stand for America. If you want to stand for a foreign nation which I actually consider to be a terrorist nation then you’d should consider packing up and moving to the nation that you intend to stand with. We have no dual allegiances here in America. Get out if your allegiance is with Israel.
For me I fear Jewish power in America. I know their history and I know their plans for the future. It’s up to American Patriots to wake up and take a stand for the US Constitution. I know that you and many of your ilk would prefer me to shut up but as long as I have breath I will proclaim truth!
If I speak lies then correct them. If I speak truth then take note.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:20amGetRight
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:59am
Right AGGIEBREWER! I have heard this same crap from several people just trying to find some Jewish conspiracy in government and Hollywood.
I’m sorry but did I state a conspiracy or did I state facts? As an Engineer I tend to deal with facts and facts alone. If you don‘t appreicate those facts then that’s your problem but to deny them is lunacy.
Is Google run by Jews? Is practically the entire US Intelligence and HS apparatus in the hands of Jews? Please don’t hate me for telling you the truth.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:52amTech, Tech, pfft! You serve Muhammad and his god.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 11:35amkryptonite: sure i do… if you can’t dispute the facts then obfuscate. lol
Remember krypt, your people were on top in Germany in the early 20th century as well… They thought that there would be no end to their power and influence until the Nation awakened. I believe one voice in the right position can awaken America to the implications of this dastardly wicked parasitic domestic enemy. One voice! I’m sure the good Lord will eventually give us one voice to combat this eternal evil… God is good and just! Evil will not go unpunished forever.
Report Post »tzion
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 11:44am@Tech
You see Tech, for most people here their first allegiances are to doing what’s right and truthful. Your saying that there can be no duel allegiances sounds very medieval to me. You make it sound as though if someone is an American they‘re somehow more important and more deserving of your respect than someone who isn’t. It almost sounds as if you’d consider sending humanitarian relief to Japan to be an un-American act. Most people who support Israel aren’t swearing loyalty to the Israeli government (as you seem to imply), but rather they merely express there support for the Israelis and their struggle to live their lives while under constant attack. I, while supporting Israel, also support humanitarian relief to the Palestinians who are persecuted under Hamas’ rule even though I despise Hamas.
You claim to be anti-Communist, but of all the commentators on this site you’re the one who treats people collectively the most. Some Jews are Marxists so they all must be evil. Many blacks are criminals so they all must be evil. Most decent people judge people as individuals. You don’t.
Report Post »sodacrackers2
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:59pmHey tech, five/seven of those you mentioned are men! Is it a conspiracy of men? Some Jewish people, as well as some Christians do not recognize truth. Get a clue!
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:02pm@techengineer11
sure i do… if you can’t dispute the facts then obfuscate. lol Remember krypt, your people were on top in Germany in the early 20th century as well…
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Well, Tech, I am not a Jew, but I do serve the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob — unashamedly. I am grafted into the Jewish vine — a concept you don’t understand since you are not a Christian, although for a while you pretended to be, just like Obama. I will serve the King of kings when He reigns from Jerusalem in future, and I love Yahweh’s people, not mine.
It is you who always obfuscates. We’ve talked about this before. Marx was an apostate Jew. Soros and his gang are apostate Jews. You, in turn, are an Islamist who wants to see Israel wiped off the map and all Jews removed from the face of the Earth; but you and your ilk are a speck of dust in God’s hand. We can see right through your taqiyya, Tech.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:07pmWell forgive me people.. You say you are concerned about Google, Homeland Security, Patriot Act, NDAA, Perversions in the Media, Marxism in the White House, The Federal Reserve printing too much, etc..
But when proceed to point out the Jewish influence upon these groups you go and get all upset with me… call me names and so forth.. Some even call me Islamic like only Muslim Fundamentalist are allowed to concerned over Jewish hegemony.
I don’t know people. I try to give you the facts.. This didn’t turn out so well in the former Soviet Union and personally in my opinion I’m very concerned for the future of America…
You know what can a man do for his country if he can’t warn his fellow man?
Everyone understands that Google is hostile towards Christianity but you refuse to see the Jewish influence behind it? Is that it?
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:29pmIs that all I get to post today? lol
Report Post »PatriotNAmerica
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:33pmWell is it true that the founders of Google are Jewish as Techengineer said? What about the Patriot Act and NDAA? I find that information extremely disturbing myself especially given the extreme anti-Christian views routinely expressed on Google.
Thanks for the information.
Report Post »Charybdis
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:03pmIt all comes down to the JOOOOOOOOOOOS, doesn’t it Paulbots?
Report Post »USNSPARKS
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 4:35pmI tried Ghostery recently after seeing it mentioned in a Blaze post. It slowed down my system so much I finally had to disable it on my Firefox. That was a shame since I really liked it. I use DoNotTrackPlus, it seems to work similar to Ghostery w/o any slow downs. Been using NoScript for a long time.
Report Post »Plus BetterPrivacy & Privacy Plus Firefox add-ons to delete flash tracking cookies. Check them out.
tzion
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 5:20pm@Patriot and Tech
Report Post »You claim to speak facts. Okay then. Let’s say that those who created google are Jewish. That’s a fact. Now what’s your point? So what? You both insinuate that because they‘re Jewish they’re part of a conspiracy that you can’t prove exists. That’s not fact. You also go on to insinuate that all Jews are part of this conspiracy. Not fact either. In FACT, you two seem to use a lot of circular logic to argue your point and then use convenient examples as proof:
Jews are evil because they’re part of a conspiracy.
Jews are part of a conspiracy because they’re evil.
Look evil Jews! That proves we’re right and your wrong.
techengineer11
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 6:50pmtzion
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 5:20pm
@Patriot and Tech
You claim to speak facts. Okay then. Let’s say that those who created google are Jewish.
First of all they are Jewish whether you want to say it or not. Whether it’s Google, Facebook, Wikepedia, Microsoft, Disney, Yaho, My Space, or even Ebay to a lesser extent. Whether it’s the Patriot Act, NDAA, or Dept. Homeland Security…
All Jews. Knowing a little history I know what role Jews played in the former Soviet NKVD and their Gulag systems and I’m very concerned over what I see transpiring here in America. Not only that I’m also concerned about favoritism resulting from their connections to the Federal Reserve system since it too is entirely Jewish with the exception of a Governor or two.
Ok the next step is conspiracy. Above is fact but yes I will go a step further and enter into the conspiracy area where I believe Jews do have bad intentions for America. Actually they have already transferred America into an entirely Marxist state. Why don’t we quit pretending here tzion. Your tribe has already destroyed America.. It‘s no future act and it’s no Conspiracy.. It has already happened.
Now I just want my fellow American to wake up to this fact and maybe we will be a prevent another massacre like was perpetrated upon the Russian Christian poplulace. Surely you share my concerns don’t you tzion?
Or do you feel that we are aok with nothing to worry about? We’re going to be ok? lol
Report Post »GlennaBeckski
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 2:59pmTech… I don’t want to sound mean spirited but … You are blind AND in the dark .. God Almighty… the Alpha and Omega … says in His Word speaking of Israel.. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you Genisis 3:12. This is just one of many promises concerning the Jewish people and my personal favorite.
Report Post »I might suggest to you to get the book “Against All Odds” and see how God watches over and protects His own.. I am a Christian and will be praying that if you are really interested in TRUTH.. you will seek Him if for no other reason than to ask if there is any truth in just that one powerful verse.
Major_Skidmark
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:51amMay I suggest GIGABLAST or LYCOS.
They are the only two not owned by Google, MicroSoft, or AOL/HUFFPOO
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:31amI’ve completely forgotten about Lycos!
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:30pmThe problem with isael is they want to live in peace in illigally seized land and occupy people till they agree to allow them their illigally seized land.All arabs would accept a 67border israel though initially they fought against that as it was rightfully perceived as an ethnic cleansing of them.Ther concession now is a 67 original 1948border israel.israel refuses to do that and wants to see arab palestinians disappear into other arab lands so they can rewrite jistory and say that there were never arabs in what is now israel.they are racist as they could have peace if they woul allow the displaced arabs back into israel but israel insists on a jewish majority state. That is patently racist .And refusing to go legal and return to the 67borders exposes their stubborness and idishonesty is claiming they want peace.They want peace while in other peoples homes.
WakingSheep
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:22pmRose ellen
Report Post »Have you ever seen a map of the pre 67 borders? With all the hate towards Israel in the middle east; there is no defending the 67 borders. Israel would be like ducks on a pond with the pre 67 borders.
That is why they refuse.
tzion
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:49pm@Rose
Report Post »Here’s something for you to mull over. Israel was originally going to be smaller than it was after 1948 and Jerusalem would have been an international zone. The Arabs attacked, lost territory, and have been blaming Israel ever since. The end.
SoupSandwich
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:28pmRosy
Report Post »Every time the towlies do something Israel has to expand a little for a better comfort zone. Simple really. Every time the worthless Islamist you so love try to attack the Israeli’s-usually with overwhelming numbers, they are eventually turned, routed, and sent back to their goats, wives, and kids of either. Every time. You are so like them pounding your head into a wall and expecting a different result. Would a 12 step program help? Methadone maybe? Maybe copious amounts of quick silver…it was once thought to have magic properties, you never know right?
opnsrcsurvival
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:44amTor
is the answer for now
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:27pmIt’s illigal to aquire more terrirory as a result of war. This isn’t the 19th c.israel and the right wing american gulls hang their hat on their belief that the arabs would never accept a 67border israel.Though all arabs including hamas have said they now would.They put the cart before the horse projecting into the future and deligitimizing the claims of arabs as a rationale for continued occupation and illigally holding on to land seized in war.that is an evil thing to do as the occupied arabs are betwween a rock and a hardplace-you’ve denied them their human rights to not be occupied inpertuity and to be ethnically cleansed.hence the dispair that leads to violence.you fooled the american right ring gulls that the israelis are victims but the vicious unjust limbo you’ve put the arapalestinians in is something americans have had to pay the price for supporting.One day maybe americans will realize that peace could be had if it wern’t for the evil position that israel has taken-not the victimized arabs.Of course arab muslim fundamentalism is also evil but not all arabs are fundamentalists and if the arab spring continues they may come into the enlightened 21stc.pro zionist occupation and illigally holding on to annexed land doesn’t help that.
rose-ellen
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 5:22pmHuman rights are universal. no matter what aspersions you cast on those pesky arab palestinians who have yet to disapear so you can rewrite history and portray your land grab as noble instead of the ignoble theft by hook and by crook of indigenous peoples land.[back when the UN was a colonialists club]expanding terrritory because it is needed for comfort-is illigal and tyranical.The arabs resisting occupation and illigal israeli expansionist settlements have nothing to lose .The 21stc “civilized democracy” israel does. Nothing civilized and 21stc about a garrison state and having to look over your shoulders all the time.You can mimic the great western democracies all you want but those pesky arab palestinians that you fearfully occupy to maintain your racist majority jewish state expose you as a racist colonial power a la centuries past.You say the arabresisters are irrationa-they’re occupied and it is israel that steals their landnot the other way around.What is irrational is israels would rather see its citizens sacrificed then give up illigal land and occupation and go back to its original borders out of an obstinant determination to cling to a false narrative about their origin!.it’s about pride wheras for the arabs-palestinians it’s aobut their human right -to not be ethnically cleasned and occupied and their right to a homeland.They are fighting for something real-israelis are fighting over a lie and a racist uncivilized undemocratic belief in ethnic cleansing.
tzion
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 5:23pm@Rose
Report Post »Illegal to expand territory through war? Says who? You? Some powerless international body that most people don’t accept as having any authority whatsoever (UN). And let’s ignore the fact that it was the Arabs who started all these wars for the purpose of territorial expansion. So if it was illegal (it isn’t) they broke the law first and therefore surrendered the protection that law gives them.
annathule
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:35am@ROSE-ELLEN
Just WHAT in h-e-double toothpick does that have to do w/ the price of beans in China??? Talk about coming out of LEFT field in more ways than I can count!! Wow. You need to have your brain dusted off gf… *shaking my head in amazed puzzlement* Yikes.
Report Post »jkendal
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:27amIt’s very simple – if you don‘t want to be tracked then don’t use google products. By the way, when you use them, they make money (ads, etc.). And then they use that money to promote socialists and socialism. They give heavily to democRAT politicians who are wrecking our country.
Bottom line = when you use google products, you’re helping them help the enemy.
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:49amIt’s hilarious that “theblaze” is running this. Try installing Do Not Track Plus from http://www.abine.com then come back to this site and see how much tracking happens on “theblaze”. This is actually one of the highest sites I have hit.
I would also suggest getting the latest Firefox available for your machine and installing some add-ons: Adblock Plus, Ghostery, NoScript and Flashblock(to stop those annoying flash ads from automatically playing). You may want to also consider using http://www.startpage.com as your encrypted search engine of choice.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:49amI haven’t used Google since they admitted that their pay scale is discriminatory against heterosexual people. I’m still not sure why people use them at all.
Report Post »aggiebrewer
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:30amI too have noted the tracking and pop up crap on the blaze. Seems a litle disingenious to me as well.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:48pmwow guys…you are right… i put on the add-ons to Mozilla and dang…lots of crap out there…most of it isn’t the Blaze per say as the ads that run down the sides…and the program blocked java so i couldn’t post or log in….
Report Post »does anybody know what is required/needs to be allowed to actually get the Blaze, GBTV, or Glennbeck.com functional without all the tracking and scripts and crap…
kryptonite
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:12pm@DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
Report Post »It’s hilarious that “theblaze” is running this. Try installing Do Not Track Plus from then come back to this site and see how much tracking happens on “theblaze”.
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You’re right. Seems hypocritical to me.
annathule
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:28am@DTOM_JERICHO (CREATOR VINDICATOR)
I did install abine’s widget and I got slammed w/ 18 tracking whatevers. You‘d think Glenn Beck wouldn’t stoop to this… Unless he‘s poor cuz he isn’t on TV anymore… eh?
Report Post »Temperate_Light
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:23amthe best way to get your displeasure through to them is not just delete the web history …DELETE YOUR ACCOUNTS. if enough people did this they would get the message loud and clear.
Report Post »TheOldOne
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:53pmThat’s what I did, I just deleted the whole account! I tried using Bing but they track too! I’m going to try TOR…… thanks for the info!
Report Post »mattfrompa
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:02amis scroogle safe anymore?
Report Post »its supposed to use that sites ip address to look things up so yours is hidden
Ray2447
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:09amI no longer use Google for web searches, have deleted my accounts, and try to have as little to do with it as possible.
Report Post »Fried Okra
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:30amSame here.
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:11amt’s hilarious that “theblaze” is running this. Try installing Do Not Track Plus from http://www.abine.com then come back to this site and see how much tracking happens on “theblaze”. This is actually one of the highest sites I have hit.
I would also suggest getting the latest Firefox available for your machine and installing some add-ons: Adblock Plus, Ghostery, NoScript and Flashblock(to stop those annoying flash ads from automatically playing). You may want to also consider using http://www.startpage.com as your encrypted search engine of choice.
Report Post »aggiebrewer
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:29amDuckduckgo for me too
Report Post »Newyorker
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:10pmunfortunately scroogle is defunct. they were hit with a Ddos and have shut down all their servers.
http://www.betabeat.com/2012/02/21/scroogle-privacy-first-search-engine-shuts-down-for-good/
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:47pm@DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
Report Post »Has Firefox fixed the issue with storing passwords in “clear text”?
Watchingtheweasels
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 8:35amScroogle is down…not sure if that’s permanent or not. Installed Linux on my computer, and followed that up with TOR. When I’m not using TOR (for streaming), I’m running ghostery and adblock on Firefox.
Report Post »Notlad
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:59amIts best to use https://ixquick.com/
Report Post »whatsnormal
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:23amThanks NOTLAD. Just added it.
Report Post »eatmyshorts
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:50amYES ! Thanks.
Report Post »Cotswolds
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:12amI prefer duckduckgo.com
Report Post »insight
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:35amYAHOO! won’t let me post comments ever since I posted Margaret Sanger’s racist progressive quotes. It recognizes my IP address but not my screen name. I can use another comp but not someone else’s screen name on my comp. How scary is that. I believe it’s because I always commented with facts instead of posting “Obama’s one’a dem dar Mooslems” or other slack jawed comments.
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:37amTry Obama2012 or any other progressive youtube account. It gets a whole scarier when you find out that not only do they censor input that challenges them. They insert racist comments of their own device under enemy sounding names with Republican/conservative bents that magically escape the same censorshop/“review”! I compiled screenshots back in 2008 to prove this and even received an email stating “everybody does it” when i called them on it…
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:55amI have noticed that same phenomenon with The Blaze in the past. It isn’t just google that will lock out your IP address in posting comments. Apparently, The Blaze is not as Libertarian and Ron Paul friendly as Glenn Beck was when I attended his DC event on 8/28. BTW, after seeing DC, I now know that they are stealing our money. While some might see the capitol’s architecture as a symbol of the greatness of our nation, I only saw it as waste. It was pretty to look at, but it was all just wasteful spending. I want to know how much it costs to make street curbs out of solid granite. I know counter tops are tens of dollars per square foot and that that is the free market price. So what would a federally bought granite curb go for?
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:30amI too have been reading the Blaze since the beginning. Does anyone know what happened to Cheezwiz? He/She always had great comments.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:48amThings changed around here, lots of the good posters have moved on. I used to post way more, this site is not breaking stories like it used to. The trolls used to be real people, now they are the talking point paid trolls who do not argue their points, they just throw bombs and run. Things change, the Blaze changed, jus not as good as it used to be.
Report Post »MYHEROISRON
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:03am@EZDOZIT
CHEEZWHIZ gave up on the BLAZE because of censorship issues. My old screen name was made useless due to censorship issues as well. I don‘t think I’ll be around here much longer either. Freedom of speech is about to disappear. We’ll have to take it back by force. Lock and load, Patriots.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:20pmYeah…I miss Cheezwhiz too
Report Post »spirited
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 12:07amditto
>and the rabbit too.
Report Post »LouC57
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:03amI’ve wondered if Google is the “Anti Christ”.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:34amIve wondered if the internet or credit/debit cards are the mark of the beast.
Report Post »Miyegombo Bayartsogt
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:49amGoogle is God who, after creating something huge from nothing, believes in doing so this Google God has the right to control everyone’s lives and judge them by their past history and actions in the Goggle-created world.
Report Post »RejectFalseIcons
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 11:48amCould Google be the beast?
Revelation 13:5-10
5And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Report Post »ebw1957
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 6:47amgoogle is big brother- smart search engine is IXQUICK which doesn’t save IPs
Report Post »BernieKittyCat
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:01amstartpage.com uses Google search engine on your behalf and returns the info to you anonomously. It is an offshoot of ixquick.com which uses it’s own search engine anonomously.
Report Post »little big man
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:05amWow thanks for posting that info, I just used it, its great never new it was out there in cyber space.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:22pmIs Bing part of google?
Report Post »Moosedrool
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:37pmWhat about Yippy?
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 6:18amHmmmmmmmmmmm…
Report Post »SubHuman
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:47amGoogle is an NSA front. Nothing you do will keep them from effectively monitoring you. Hiding your web history only hides it from you. Nothing you do online is hidden. And no product connected to the internet is safe. Not from dedicated hackers. And certainly not from Uncle Sam.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 6:11amNow taking recommendations for new email hosts.
In case you didn’t realize it, this also means google (gmail) will be READING your emails!!!
Kind of like FedEx announcing they are going to start opening your packages to serve you better.
After all, if FedEx knew what was inside, they could sell that info about you. They could add advertisements inside your packages, and they COULD charge less for shipping, but corporations only do that if the competition forces them to do so, and neither FedEx nor Google have enough competition.
Seriously, I am looking for a new email service. Right now it is all gmail. That ride is now over.
What google got in exchange for providing free email, was goodwill that got us to use their search engine, which sells acres of ad space. What they will now get from me, is, zero ad sales because I will not only switch email, but, I will also switch to BING. Chrome is also being deleted.
I’ll use firefox and Bing. And I’m looking for new email provider suggestions.
Anyone?
Report Post »drago
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 6:44am@Tomferrari.
Report Post »The way i see it, if Google screws with me in any way,it wont go well for them…….
And yes, i know what they can//are doing with the gathered info…
Bear-Bear
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:10amTomFerrari – IMHO switch to Firefox for your browser and DuckDuckGo for your search engine. Install the Adblock Plus and No Script add-ons. Switch your email provider to Hotmail for day to day email and hushmail for anything else. BTW, just opening this story, the Blaze tried to set 13 different cookies.
Report Post »TWINVEESRT8
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:21amYou can use Abine Security Suite for Chrome or Firefox http://abine.com/ it works well :)
Report Post »checkmate0831
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:55am@Tom
Very simple. Create your domain for $5 and get a single, free email account from register or godaddy.com. Done.
Report Post »DirtMonkey
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:08pm@ TomFerrari
If you want an alternative to the google borg try Zoho.com for email. It caters more towards business but they do have free personal email for individuals. I have used it for over a year now with no problems. Short of hosting your own domain and email, Zoho seems like a really good alternative to the borg.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:25am…
Report Post »Google has sucked, ever since they crawled into bed with Obama.
Miyegombo Bayartsogt
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:52amLike in the Bible story, Google created its only son, Obama, to come down to Earth and live as a human among a fallen mankind to lead them down the path of righteousness, etc. Son of Google, Obama is Google man walking.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:17amCompletely off topic…my wife told me this joke that some of you may have heard …but maybe not.
President Obama and the First Lady were flying off on vacation in Air Force 1 when the President, looking intently out the window, turned to his wife and said he could probably make someone very happy by throwing a one thousand dollar bill, which he was holding in his hand, out the window of the aircraft. Michelle looking out the window at all the little people replied that she could make even more people happy by throwing forty one thousand dollar bills out the window. Meanwhile, in the cockpit the pilot and co-pilot having over heard the conversation, grinned and commented to each other that they knew how to make 300,000,000 people very happy.
Well, I thought it was funny. :)
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:50amVery funny, how do we make it a reality?
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:55am…
Report Post »CAPTAIN…
Hear that sound?
It’s the footsteps of the men in black, walking up to your door.
I have to admit, that joke was pretty funny.
Uh oh, I hear footsteps.
Baddoggy
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 6:52amGee…I heard that joke during the Carter Administration.
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 6:56amHow to make it a reality?
Report Post »Have thew live up to their oath of office
Blackw0lf
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:28am@ Baddoggy
Report Post »well that was before OBAAAMA took away his worst president ever title. I mean damn, how bad you got to be to mack Jimmy look good!!!
johnparsons
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:31am300 million Americans and 1 Canadian ….me …..lmao !!!
Report Post »crabbyoldman
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:56pmI like, I like!!!!!!!
Report Post »notetaking
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:49am@Captain Crunch…Lol…
Report Post »This is my first comment here. I have been reading The Blaze since the beginning, but had difficulty with the login process till recently, and I have to say, Blaze posters are the best anywhere! I always see useful information, ideas, or a seriously good laugh when needed. Thanks to all, and Blaze staff, too!
Captain Crunch
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:01amYou’ll get it all figured out in good time.
Report Post »Don’t let the lib trolls get under your skin. If possible, the best thing to do is ignore them.
Click on a users name and you can see their last 10 postings. Always remember though, digital information never goes away.
notetaking
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:27am@ Captain Crunch…I should’ve pushed the reply button at your “Don’t give them any ideas” post which is what I found funny by the way you expressed it, but it is true and wise! See your point…Yep, will need to get it figured out, and will avoid trolls! Thanks for the encouragement!
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:58am@ Notetaking:
Welcome aboard.
Report Post »notetaking
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:30pm@ Fina Biscotti…Thank You!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:46aminformation is power, and right now the company who has a T-rex for encouragement signs has too much info and power at their fingertips.
Report Post »Joey Joe Joe
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:36amHaha, just because there is a “disable” button doesn’t mean Google stops collecting your web history. They still have it, but only now you can’t see it. Until their servers are audited, just assume they have everything.
You want to hide your ip, setup Tor.
You want a private search engine, use duckduckgo.
Report Post »M1A2_Tanker
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:21amYou can use StartPage.com as well. Not only do they NOT track your info but they have a proxy service. They are the most private search engine they also enhance their search with google results without google being able to track you. FireFox with AdBlockPlus, Ghostery, Start Page and your pretty set to surf about as private as you can get without having to be trained in network admin.
Report Post »DirtMonkey
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:18pm@ M1A2_Tanker
Report Post »The problem with startpage.com is that it obtains search results from the google borg. I find it better to use it’s twin ixquick.com instead. Ixquick obtains it’s own search results and does not use results from the borg.
christos
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:32am……Gulag CREEPS……Meddlers,,,,,,And exactly what does google stand for……6 letters……
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:12amJust call your internet provider every so often and ask them to reset/change your IP address. If you have a cable modem you can do it yourself by simply leaving your modem unplugged for several minutes and then powering it back up. All that is presuming you only use goggle services anonymously and don’t log-in.
Report Post »aggiebrewer
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:28amJust leaving it unplugged will reset your IP address? That cannot be right.
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 3:00amIt usually take longer than a few minutes to reset. My ISP assigned IP resets after 6 hours off.
Report Post »annathule
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:04am@AGGIEBREWER Indeed it does. My cable company tech support tells me this, that’s the basis for “shifting” or “static” IP addies and if I knew how to get to the window to show you, you could already be set up, by your ISP, to change IP addies on a regular basis, we are and I’ve seen it. It’s a command prompt thing, if anyone wants to help out on this.
And when I say “my cable tech support” I mean 5 guys in our local COUNTY-wide cable system and by-golly they know who I am the minute I talk, and I know most of them by name and it’s like talking to friends. They teach me a lot more than “call your vendor”. They show me lots of neat stuff and they also know they don’t need to start out by saying “Now go to your start menu, that button on the far left of your taskbar. What’s a taskbar? *sigh*……” They know I’m usually at the place they need me to be, most times. So yeah, you can trust Cap’n Crunch and me, it’s true. Of course, that might start a cascade of not being able to reconnect to the ‘net, and God help you if you have Comcast, those b***ards. smh Ohhhh yeah…I know our modem can get stupid at times, but it’s THEIR modem thank God, let THEM fix it! :) (See, we’ve got a phone on it too. Makes it stupid sometimes.)
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:04amI use “dogpile.”
Report Post »wtd
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:03amDogPile is a reliable search engine which I often use too. I would delete my google browsing history if I could access it but I cannot. Over a year ago, google started pestering me to provide a cell phone number for my account. At first, I could easily dismiss the request and access my mail. Then it became impossible to dismiss the request, even with a fictitous number. I haven’t had access to my google account for nearly a year and I refuse to comply with their invasive busy body nonsense. Screw ‘em. But that’s not where it ends. Lately, I cannot even access comments at certain google blogs. The “Captcha” function which provides visually altered text to block spam entries refuses to accept anything I type in – visual or audio – beyond the preview window. It appears that google uses the captcha feature to block certain users from making comments at sites on blogger. It would matter if google were the only game in town. They’ll soon discover, they’re not.
Report Post »valerie68
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:21pmI’ve been using Dogpile since it came out. It is a way better search engine than Google. They were the first to come up with the “are you looking for?” section that narrows down your search. Dogpile ison my toolbar. Google is nowhere in sight!
Report Post »DirtMonkey
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:27pm@ WTD
I cannot recommend Dogpile for a search engine as they use search results from the borg entity that is google. Dogpile happily proclaims it right on their site:
“Dogpile aggregates the most relevant searches from Google, Yahoo! and Bing…”
I recommend DuckDuckgo.com or Ixquick.com as neither one obtains their results from google, or yahoo/bing. ;)
Report Post »wtd
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:30pmDirtMonkey – Just tested duckduckgo and find it worthless . . .searched “sharia” the top listings:
Report Post »Sharia compliant funds via amanafunds.com (pro-sharia)
Islam:Governing under sharia – Council on Foreign Relations (Progressive – masks sharia)
BBC – Religions – Islam: Sharia . . .BBC? Really?
As for ixquick which is the same as StartPage . . .again . . .a waste of time.
Thanks but I‘ll stick with dogpile which identifies it’s source (yahoo/google/msn etc.) and filter info manually.
IronSights
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 12:56amSo how long before Google is snatched up by the federal government and becomes new agency? I’m sure it will be based on the governments ability to protect us from big evil business, and ensuring that this type of information isn’t used for nefarious purposes, nudge nudge wink wink.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:03amDon’t give them any ideas.
Report Post »changedone
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:20amhttp://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/exclusive-google-cia/
“Minority Report,” anyone?
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:00amDoesn’t anyone remember the CIA contract with Google? I feel like it was about a year ago, or a little more, and it was announced that the CIA was contracting to use Google…..for maps. Yeah, that sounds like they wouldn’t be doing ANYTHING else – right?
Silversmith
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