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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: Mrs. Gooch on May 05, 2015, 12:23:34 PM
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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.
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go through all his PMs
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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.
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go through all his PMs
Yeah I know about that secret thing you guys didn't invite me to.
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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?
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You've sync'd your chromes between your work computer and your home computer.
Yeah, not that creepy
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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.
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Jesus Christ katdaddy
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:lol:
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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
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go through all his PMs
Yeah I know about that secret thing you guys didn't invite me to.
:sdeek:
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:lol:
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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?
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Work email on the phone
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Work email on the phone
Nope. She has a classified email address, can't sync it to her phone.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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There may also be a recovery e-mail and phone number associated with a google account.
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I got called a big fat liar face by Google today :angry:
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Would you like some more information about the Church of Scientology?
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Would you like some more information about the Church of Scientology?
I would
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Idiots
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I just sent an email from Gmail...and before sending Google said that it noticed that the email contained the words "are attached" but did not have an attachment on the email...
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Well that just sounds convenient. What gives?
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Great feature
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Well that just sounds convenient. What gives?
Convenient and creepy are not mutually exclusive.
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just because Google is reading your emails doesn't make it creepy
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Yeah. Everyone knows Google scans your e-mails. However, I'm somewhat comforted to know that they make an effort to provide some return value besides targeted advertising.
What's not cool is Google setting a trap, catching you in a lie and then confronting you about it.
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spell check? now that is some creepy crap
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"Upgrade to Delta Comfort+ on your upcoming flight to ______!"
that kind of caught me off guard
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I just sent an email from Gmail...and before sending Google said that it noticed that the email contained the words "are attached" but did not have an attachment on the email...
Gmail has been doing that for several years
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I just sent an email from Gmail...and before sending Google said that it noticed that the email contained the words "are attached" but did not have an attachment on the email...
Gmail has been doing that for several years
Hmmm. Well it is the first time it ever did it to me.
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You must rarely forget attachments when you talk about them in the email
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You must rarely forget attachments when you talk about them in the email
Yeah well I wasn't even talking about an attachment to the email. The use of "attached" had nothing to do with email attachments, so that shows how much Google knows.
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have we talked about facebook, messenger, instagram, other apps, etc listening to conversations and then posting ads about what was talked about the day before? That's been creeping me out lately.
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Voice conversations?
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Voice conversations?
yeah. had a conversation about nest thermostats randomly with a friend in person. Then saw an ad the next day.
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:dubious:
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got him good, steve dave
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Voice conversations?
yeah. had a conversation about nest thermostats randomly with a friend in person. Then saw an ad the next day.
Hmm, well that is pretty conclusive...
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I sexted some broad a picture of my junk recently, and I just got an ad for male enhancement :dubious: Google! :shakesfist:
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yeah yeah. i'm on to them. :shakesfist:
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Think of all the poor ornithologists being slowly driven to madness by the never-ending presentation of Nest thermometer ads everywhere they look :frown:
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I'll just start talking about Ferrari's all day and see what happens.
No i'm not crazy, why do you ask?
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i wish outlook was a little more creepy
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i wish outlook was a little more creepy
Oh, it is. It just reports back to IT.
Gonna win 'em all!
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i wish outlook was a little more creepy
Oh, it is. It just reports back to IT.
Gonna win 'em all!
They all float down here :peek:
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IT would never intercept an employees email
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Voice conversations?
yeah. had a conversation about nest thermostats randomly with a friend in person. Then saw an ad the next day.
I have a friend who was complaining about this exact thing the other day.
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I saw a Nest ad the other day, but I hadn't been talking about it near my phone or searching for thermostats online. However, I had just adjusted my thermostat the previous day, and my phone was positioned in such a way that you could probably infer that I was standing near the thermostat if you could see the feed from the front-facing camera. Is Google able to identify frustrated body language? Man, what a world we live in.
OT, but we had some pretty crazy flooding here on Memorial Day. We've been in a drought for a few years, so the rain was desperately needed. The big takeaway from discussions with my church friends is that we need to qualify our prayers with "...but, like, within reason..."
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Voice conversations?
yeah. had a conversation about nest thermostats randomly with a friend in person. Then saw an ad the next day.
I have a friend who was complaining about this exact thing the other day.
It's happened about 3 times to me in the last several months. Nest was a bad example i suppose.
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Did you know that you cannot watch Amazon Prime while in Chrome Incognito mode? Is that Amazon or Chrome's fault?
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Did you know that you cannot watch Amazon Prime while in Chrome Incognito mode? Is that Amazon or Chrome's fault?
amazon.
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Chrome Incognito is great for reading the home town news that they want to charge you for.
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http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/how-google-could-rig-the-2016-election-121548.html#.VdXX2_lVhBc
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Chrome Incognito is great for reading the home town news that they want to charge you for.
I've also heard that using Incognito can eliminate blackout restrictions. Next time Royals have a home day game and it is the "Game of the Day" on MLB network, I'm going to try it.
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The Google app on my phone has been telling me each morning the ETA to work and each evening the ETA to home.......but I never told it where I work or live.
Also, the other day it started telling me where I parked, but I didn't tell it to keep track of that.
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Do I need to make you a tin foil hat?
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Do I need to make you a tin foil hat?
Google shopping has a hell of a sale on tin foil right now
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I'm with mrs gooch. don't trust google. :jeffy:
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The Google app on my phone has been telling me each morning the ETA to work and each evening the ETA to home.......but I never told it where I work or live.
Also, the other day it started telling me where I parked, but I didn't tell it to keep track of that.
Isn't it great?
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The Google app on my phone has been telling me each morning the ETA to work and each evening the ETA to home.......but I never told it where I work or live.
Also, the other day it started telling me where I parked, but I didn't tell it to keep track of that.
Isn't it great?
Very convenient but also very creepy.
Also, it started telling my Royals scores when games are in progress and giving me recap videos after the game is over.
Also, it keeps reminding me how many Spanish words I have learned and telling me to keep learning more.
Also, giving me stories to read about GoT.
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To me the most creepy is LinkedIn contact recommendations. It recommended a person that I never met but one time about 6 years I received an email originally written by them forwarded to me by someone else.
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To me the most creepy is LinkedIn contact recommendations. It recommended a person that I never met but one time about 6 years I received an email originally written by them forwarded to me by someone else.
Yeah, it suggested Trim to me even though I don't think we have ever communicated with each other electronically outside of gE.
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The Google app on my phone has been telling me each morning the ETA to work and each evening the ETA to home.......but I never told it where I work or live.
Also, the other day it started telling me where I parked, but I didn't tell it to keep track of that.
Isn't it great?
Very convenient but also very creepy.
Also, it started telling my Royals scores when games are in progress and giving me recap videos after the game is over.
Also, it keeps reminding me how many Spanish words I have learned and telling me to keep learning more.
Also, giving me stories to read about GoT.
what the hell do you even need mr gooch for anymore?
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Cooking probably
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I don't think it's creepy enough.
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I don't think it's creepy enough.
Same. It should be telling me all kinds of crap without asking
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Cooking probably
Yes, this. If Google could cook me something.............hmmm maybe they have an app that would automatically know when I am hungry and what I want to eat and then order it for delivery......................
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The Google app on my phone
what does this mean?
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The Google app on my phone
what does this mean?
There is an app on my Phone called Google. Actually it just automatically comes up in the little upper left notifications and when I click there it gives all this stuff. It was pre-installed and it just started giving all this info without me asking for it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox&hl=en
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The Google now app
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The Google now app
:dunno: In my app list it just says Google under it with this icon...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DKoidc0T3T1KvYC2stChcX9zwmjKj1pgmg3hXzGBDQXM8RG_7JjgiuS0CLOh8DUa7as=w300)
It's just called "Google" in the Play Store.
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Maybe they dropped the now, but that's what it used to be called
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Maybe they dropped the now, but that's what it used to be called
There is another thing in the Play Store called Google Now Launcher, which I do not have installed.
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Maybe you two should get a room- Google app
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Maybe you two should get a room- Google app
:lol:
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To me the most creepy is LinkedIn contact recommendations. It recommended a person that I never met but one time about 6 years I received an email originally written by them forwarded to me by someone else.
Yeah, it suggested Trim to me even though I don't think we have ever communicated with each other electronically outside of gE.
Gmail.
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Mine only keeps track of my parking space, it seems, when its not really necessary. "OH thx Google, i found my car parked directly in front of a friends house"
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Why is Google Maps asking me questions about Hooters right now?
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Why is Google Maps asking me questions about Hooters right now?
G-Maps has always been a boobs guy.
Royals aren't gonna win 'em all
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Why is Google Maps asking me questions about Hooters right now?
I think you know the answer
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The Google app on my phone has been telling me each morning the ETA to work and each evening the ETA to home.......but I never told it where I work or live.
Also, the other day it started telling me where I parked, but I didn't tell it to keep track of that.
Mine does that as well as telling me my ETA home when I get in my car after work or out and about. I dropped off a friend the other day at his place and Google told me traffic was normal and I would be home in seven minutes. Crazy.
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It's interface has had a facelift :runaway:
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I like how it reminds me to leave to get to places on time. That's nice.
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It's always way early tho
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Living Social is being creepy now.
First I got that black face mask.
Then I was having a conversation about the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park and then I got an email from Living Social for a stay there.
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We have multiple google threads but this one seems the right one for this
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/17/google-drive-goes-down/
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We have multiple google threads but this one seems the right one for this
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/17/google-drive-goes-down/
I've taken probably 100 calls about this already today. F U, google
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Plus side to creepiness: Wife and I both shop for everything online. Birthdays come right after xmas and neither of us ever have a good idea of something good to get the other for bday, as we just pulled that trigger for xmas. Well, now I just log on to amazon, get on my email, or something else and there is a list of ads of things I can reliably assume that either she or I have looked into buying recently, and if I don't recognize is, it was her. Boom, birthday present ninja stuff.
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I switched my phone service to google fi back in October and have officially signed my life away to google now....but I kind of like it. I couldn't find my phone on sunday and it was set to silent so I googled "Find my phone". Boom, first result is a map showing my phone is at my house with an option to make it ring on full blast for 5 minutes or until I find it.
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If you are all in on google/android, this is creepy/informative/eye opening
https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity
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it's been around for years and you can turn it off
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it's been around for years and you can turn it off
Sure you can disable it but they are gathering that data either way so I might as well use it too...the only new thing I didn't know about was it showing when you launched apps on your phone/tablet. That seemed newer?
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yeah, that might be new.
the only thing i've used it for over the years is to backtrack to restaurants and stuff i've been in while out of town.
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Since I switched to google fi I found out that I can look at my "timeline" and see everywhere I traveled in a certain day(or at least my phone). :surprised:
I know I can turn it off but I kind of like it....... :dunno:
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Location history is pretty BA
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Google Chrome is just trying to help you
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Heatmap your location history:
https://locationhistoryvisualizer.com/heatmap/
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Got a free trial there Phil?
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sorry, fixed the link
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How does Amazon know I'm in the market for a new router?
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Cause the house republicans just voted to let isp's harvest all your data.
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Been googling about routers lately or within the past 6 months?
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How does Amazon know I'm in the market for a new router?
http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=38555.msg1700214#msg1700214
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How does Amazon know I'm in the market for a new router?
http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=38555.msg1700214#msg1700214
Yes. I have not been googling about it or anything. It was just mentioned in that thread and then Google told Amazon to send me an email with router info!
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Did you click on the Amazon link
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location sharing is back in maps!!!
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Did you click on the Amazon link
No. It was sent to me in an email from Amazon.
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How does Amazon know I'm in the market for a new router?
http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=38555.msg1700214#msg1700214
Yes. I have not been googling about it or anything. It was just mentioned in that thread and then Google told Amazon to send me an email with router info!
You know the other day I was wondering why I can't perform like the young stud that I was; and bam a e-mail hits me with an offer for Purple Rhino. How do they know those things, I wonder??? :dunno:
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Did you click on the Amazon link
No. It was sent to me in an email from Amazon.
In the router thread smdh
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Fun fact all of you camera post it covering scared of big brother type people things just got worse. https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/28/the-house-just-voted-to-wipe-out-the-fccs-landmark-internet-privacy-protections/
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Did you click on the Amazon link
No. It was sent to me in an email from Amazon.
In the router thread smdh
Ohhhhhh....I can't remember. MAYBE!!!
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I think we can close this case
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Users smdh
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The Google doodle today is a birthday greeting to me, super cool but mad creepy. Makes me want to scrub my entire digital life.
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Google Maps Timeline just sent me a review of March.
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For the paranoid folks.
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-history-search-tracking-data-how-to-delete (http://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-history-search-tracking-data-how-to-delete)
https://www.deseat.me/ (https://www.deseat.me/)
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The Google doodle today is a birthday greeting to me, super cool but mad creepy. Makes me want to scrub my entire digital life.
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgifrific.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F07%2Fron-swanson-computer-throw-out-parks-and-rec.gif&hash=e87e1f8912a7c18aa3bf47b6346bb4aea35c71bc)
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Cookies, man. Cookies.
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I need to stop saying soccer is gay in emails.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170605/68b91ca2a93ebffbc49a13dd68897476.png)
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Gmail read my email to KK and knew he hadn't responded yet.
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I'm going to respond today probably.
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I bought a few shares of a cannabis etf during the gme craze and it's been doing really well until today. I haven't once googled the name of the fund or anything past buying it on my bank's app and checking the price periodically on the app. Today my Google News feed is filled with 6 stories about why cannabis stocks are crashing.
I don't usually care about the privacy stuff but scrubbing info from the bank app feels dirty.
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I bought a few shares of a cannabis etf during the gme craze and it's been doing really well until today. I haven't once googled the name of the fund or anything past buying it on my bank's app and checking the price periodically on the app. Today my Google News feed is filled with 6 stories about why cannabis stocks are crashing.
I don't usually care about the privacy stuff but scrubbing info from the bank app feels dirty.
Same, i'm becoming more and more aware of it though and have considered a VPN thingy or something I probably won't be able to set up right. I have my work computer and my home computer next to each other and I slide over a few times a day to dick around on here or whatever. I started noticing ads for things I was doing on my home computer on my work and was like :confused:. it took me forever and I realized I had logged in to my Amazon account on my work computer at some point so i was seeing the ads there.