Defeating Google's Cookie

Gary North

Maybe you read about AOL's goof: posting the compiled results of the web searches of over 650,000 of its members.

AOL apologized -- not for collecting the data on all AOL members' searches, but for posting a sample group's results by mistake.

The reality is, AOL collects this information. It can then sell it. Or hand it over to a government agency. Read about this here:

http://snipurl.com/aolgoof

Most people don't know that Google places a cookie on their computers, so that Google can track their searches.

http://snipurl.com/ltxz

Did you know? Is this something you consciously approved of?

Now there is a free program that zaps the Google cookie or disguises it, so that no one can trace anything back to you. You can download it here:

http://snipurl.com/scroogle