Technicalities

January 29, 2012

Trackery

In the comments to the previous post there is some discussion of tracking by google. Thoughts of which tend to make me feel extremely paranoid.

Then I remembered this post from Ars Technica the other day.

Google already knows you're a 24-year old woman who loves wombats

And I checked to see what google thinks of me...

Your categories and demographics

No interest or demographic categories are associated with your ads preferences so far. You can add or edit interests and demographics at any time.

Yes, I must have opted out of ad tracking a while back and forgotten. I don't think it's the "ad block plus" I use on my browser... but maybe it is.

Right now google is not owning up to tracking me around the web. Not sure if that makes me feel better or not. Hmmm...

Posted by: Teresa in Ummmmm at 12:51 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 Are you sure you secretly don't covet wombats?

Posted by: Kim at January 29, 2012 07:16 PM (Un17U)

2 Kim I think I do, but google is trying to let me fool myself...

Posted by: Teresa at January 29, 2012 11:23 PM (jxg4K)

3 As of March 1st, you cannot opt out. Which is moot, because you know they do it anyway. Track you. Maybe they don't keep records of your wombat views for their research, but they know.

[shudder]

Posted by: pam at January 30, 2012 06:35 AM (VZULe)

4 Pam - I'm hoping they are entertained. I could become the next google star... Just sayin'...

Posted by: Teresa at January 30, 2012 08:10 PM (jxg4K)

5 I'm a 65+ year old male...

Posted by: Bou at February 05, 2012 09:50 PM (DkNsp)

6 LOL - yeah Bou I can see you now...

Posted by: Teresa at February 05, 2012 11:11 PM (qZOzE)

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