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0 pointseterevsky4y ago0 comments

Why do you call this surveillance? You just voluntarily entered your search terms. Why shouldn't Google know which link you clicked? The main purpose of this information is to improve the service that you are using.

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perryizgr84y ago

> Why shouldn't Google know which link you clicked?

Why should they? I asked them info. They provided a list of links. Why are they entitled to know which of the links I visited?

eterevskyOP4y ago

Because you have an option of not using Google at all. I think if you are providing a free service, you are at least entitled to know how the users use it.

koolba4y ago

Because it is surveillance. There’s plenty of surveillance examples with multiple uses and “improving the service” doesn’t blanketedly discount their other uses.

More importantly they make it a pain in the ass to copy the actual URL of a link without actually clicking it. If you right click a search result link then their JS edits the href to the Google tracking link. So you can’t actually examine the entire URL without risking opening it up and being tracked. At best you get whatever preview your browser shows on hover.

eterevskyOP4y ago

Definition of surveillance: close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)

Counting the clicks on the search results page is nowhere near. A cashier in the supermarket knows which items you are buying, it doesn't mean that you are under surveillance.

And most of all, if you are worried about surveillance by Google, why use them at all?

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perryizgr84y ago

> Why shouldn't Google know which link you clicked?

Why should they? I asked them info. They provided a list of links. Why are they entitled to know which of the links I visited?

eterevskyOP4y ago

Because you have an option of not using Google at all. I think if you are providing a free service, you are at least entitled to know how the users use it.

koolba4y ago

Because it is surveillance. There’s plenty of surveillance examples with multiple uses and “improving the service” doesn’t blanketedly discount their other uses.

eterevskyOP4y ago

Definition of surveillance: close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)

Counting the clicks on the search results page is nowhere near. A cashier in the supermarket knows which items you are buying, it doesn't mean that you are under surveillance.

And most of all, if you are worried about surveillance by Google, why use them at all?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse