Google Chrome is Creepy

[Mrs. Gooch]

OK, so Google Chrome is super creepy with all of its directed advertising....like Gooch googled New Zealand the other day and then it started giving him ads about flights to New Zealand all the time. And it was trying to get me to join Scientology.

Also, this just happened...

I am on my work computer. I had to clear cache so then I had to log back in to gE...but when I got to the login screen it automatically put in Gooch's username AND password and all I had to do was hit "login" and it logged me into his account.

I am assuming he has never actually come into my work and logged on my work computer....so it is super creepy that Google Chrome is saving his info and then I can access it from my work computer without his authorization.

[steve dave]

go through all his PMs

[mocat]

i typed "feliz cinco de mayo" to mrs mocat on google hangouts today, and a set of freaking animated mariachi things popped up and danced around for a minute. i typed it again, and it happened again. go ahead and try it right now.

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You've sync'd your chromes between your work computer and your home computer. 

[Mrs. Gooch]

go through all his PMs

Yeah I know about that secret thing you guys didn't invite me to.

[Mrs. Gooch]

i typed "feliz cinco de mayo" to mrs mocat on google hangouts today, and a set of freaking animated mariachi things popped up and danced around for a minute. i typed it again, and it happened again. go ahead and try it right now.

Have you tried /ponies?

[star seed 7]

You've sync'd your chromes between your work computer and your home computer.

Yeah, not that creepy

[Mrs. Gooch]

You've sync'd your chromes between your work computer and your home computer.

Yeah, not that creepy

Gooch might think it is creepy if he ever got on this site and saw some posts that he didn't write.

[8manpick]

Jesus Christ katdaddy

[420seriouscat69]

 

[mocat]

i typed "feliz cinco de mayo" to mrs mocat on google hangouts today, and a set of freaking animated mariachi things popped up and danced around for a minute. i typed it again, and it happened again. go ahead and try it right now.

Have you tried /ponies?

that is so incredibly mrs goochy of you

[XocolateThundarr]

go through all his PMs

Yeah I know about that secret thing you guys didn't invite me to.

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[ksupamplemousse]

My wife booked a flight on her work computer, at work, using internet explorer, not using a rewards account, nor did she list her gmail account as her email, and today her Google Now told her that she needed to leave for her flight and it included the time, airline, flight number, and her assigned seat (which she didn't even know yet, because she wasn't assigned a seat at the time of booking.) So, how did Google know all that stuff?

[star seed 7]

Work email on the phone

[ksupamplemousse]

Work email on the phone

Nope. She has a classified email address, can't sync it to her phone.

[Spracne]

My wife booked a flight on her work computer, at work, using internet explorer, not using a rewards account, nor did she list her gmail account as her email, and today her Google Now told her that she needed to leave for her flight and it included the time, airline, flight number, and her assigned seat (which she didn't even know yet, because she wasn't assigned a seat at the time of booking.) So, how did Google know all that stuff?

Still logged into gmail through IE when she booked it?

[Rage Against the McKee]

My wife booked a flight on her work computer, at work, using internet explorer, not using a rewards account, nor did she list her gmail account as her email, and today her Google Now told her that she needed to leave for her flight and it included the time, airline, flight number, and her assigned seat (which she didn't even know yet, because she wasn't assigned a seat at the time of booking.) So, how did Google know all that stuff?

The CIA probably told Google about it.

[ksupamplemousse]

My wife booked a flight on her work computer, at work, using internet explorer, not using a rewards account, nor did she list her gmail account as her email, and today her Google Now told her that she needed to leave for her flight and it included the time, airline, flight number, and her assigned seat (which she didn't even know yet, because she wasn't assigned a seat at the time of booking.) So, how did Google know all that stuff?

Still logged into gmail through IE when she booked it?

That's possible. Seems remarkable that the connection between google and her internet activity can be so tenuous, yet they still find a way to get the info they want.

[mocat]

My wife booked a flight on her work computer, at work, using internet explorer, not using a rewards account, nor did she list her gmail account as her email, and today her Google Now told her that she needed to leave for her flight and it included the time, airline, flight number, and her assigned seat (which she didn't even know yet, because she wasn't assigned a seat at the time of booking.) So, how did Google know all that stuff?

Still logged into gmail through IE when she booked it?

¡IE CARAMBA!

[puniraptor]

My wife booked a flight on her work computer, at work, using internet explorer, not using a rewards account, nor did she list her gmail account as her email, and today her Google Now told her that she needed to leave for her flight and it included the time, airline, flight number, and her assigned seat (which she didn't even know yet, because she wasn't assigned a seat at the time of booking.) So, how did Google know all that stuff?

Still logged into gmail through IE when she booked it?

That's possible. Seems remarkable that the connection between google and her internet activity can be so tenuous, yet they still find a way to get the info they want.

i swear to you she forwarded her itenerary to her personal email.

[puniraptor]

the creepiest thing is that things i search for on my phpone and at home show up in the autocomplete in the google search on my work computer.

luckily they arent in the web history.

[ksupamplemousse]

My wife booked a flight on her work computer, at work, using internet explorer, not using a rewards account, nor did she list her gmail account as her email, and today her Google Now told her that she needed to leave for her flight and it included the time, airline, flight number, and her assigned seat (which she didn't even know yet, because she wasn't assigned a seat at the time of booking.) So, how did Google know all that stuff?

Still logged into gmail through IE when she booked it?

That's possible. Seems remarkable that the connection between google and her internet activity can be so tenuous, yet they still find a way to get the info they want.

i swear to you she forwarded her itenerary to her personal email.

She didn't, but she forwarded it to mine.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

There may also be a recovery e-mail and phone number associated with a google account.

[Spracne]

I got called a big fat liar face by Google today