Is Google spying on you? Read and know why

How often do you use Google? Once a week? Every day? Did you realise this: every time you search using Google; see Google’s Adsense adverts; visit one of the thousands of sites that use Google’s web statistics analysis - or EVERY SINGLE website you visit if you have Google’s browser toolbars installed; whenever you check your Gmail account, use GoogleDocs to write a letter, or use most any of Google’s other services… you are identifying yourself to Google, the web’s biggest spy outfit.

So how much does Google know about you?

From the first day you had your email logged plus all the emails you have.

What are they doing with all that data?

 They use your data for their own advantage and to track down frouds and hacking. they also use your data to analyze on what to advertisements to display to you also companies pay them for your data for their marketing and statistics purposes. 

“But that all sounds kinda hard to believe…”

 Not only is it true, but it’s designed like that. Google can track you because of the way the Internet’s internal plumbing works. You see your computer- or your browser to be more precise -automaticallysends certain information to a website whenever you click on a link or type in the address of a web page.

What kind of information does your browser send?

 They know you and you will have to deal with it.You are not safe.

How can Google track you? Let me count the ways!

So it should be obvious Google can identify you when you visit their website (which many people have as their default home page on their browser). But surely they can’t follow you while you’re not using their services, right? Wrong!

Remember what I said earlier - your browser identifies you via cookies whenever it requests external elements on a page. Do you know how many web pages incorporate elements from Google? Things like Google maps, Google site search boxes, Google video, Blogger , Youtube or Adsense adverts. Millions of pages have those. Every time they load, Google get their cookie, so they can know what sites you’re reading.

Why should you care, and what to do about it

Maybe you don’t see the problem with all that. The old “nothing to hide, nothing to fear” platitude is notthe right reaction here. I bet you wouldn’t publish your medical records freely on the Internet.

Here’s what you can do:Don’t use Google,

or any of their services. Block their adverts, for example with Adblock if you’re using Firefox. Now I know what you’re going to say…

“But I like Google, they’re useful!”

Yes, I thought you’d say that. Here’s what to do if you still want to use Google - especially using Scroogle (point number 4):

1. Delete your cookies from Google - that way you’ll make a break with your old profile. In most browsers, you can delete your cookies in the options/preferences/internet privacy settings, which is under the Edit or Tools menu (or the application’s name menu on a Mac).
2. While you’re in that cookie/privacy settings screen of your browser; turn off third party cookies. This option may be called “only accept cookies from sites you navigate to, not all sites” - this will hinder Google’s ability to profile you.
3. If you have an account with Google, don’t stay permanently logged in. Only log in when you need to.
4. Search using Scroogle.Scroogleare a non-profit organisation who protect your privacy while you search Google. So you get the benefit of Google’s search results, only without their tracking cookies. They can even encrypt your connection, so your boss - or other people on the free Wifi network you may be using - can’tsnoop on what you’re searching for either.
5. Other option which i use is TOR browser .. Its the best internet anonymity tool.