Google Agonizes on Privacy as Ad World Vaults Ahead

Google Agonizes on Privacy as Ad World Vaults Ahead

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A confidential, seven-page Google Inc. "vision statement" shows the information-age giant in a deep round of soul-searching over a basic question: How far should it go in profiting from its crown jewels—the vast trove of data it possesses about people's activities?

Should it tap more of what it knows about Gmail users? Should it build a vast "trading platform" for buying and selling Web data? Should it let people pay to not see any ads at all?

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Why is Google willing to expand its dollar influx at the expense of our online privacy?

Sometimes we'd wished we would be using Startpage.

Startpage is a search engine which does not record your IP address.

Also remember to periodically delete your browsing history and stored cookies.

You can find the search engine here:

www.startpage.com...

You can bookmark it on your web browser.

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