Comments on: 'My Search History' a Potential Boon for Google http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2005/04/23/My-Search-History-a-Potential-Boon-for-Google/ LOCAL MEDIA WATCH. The Nexus of All Things Local Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: Greg http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2005/04/23/My-Search-History-a-Potential-Boon-for-Google/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Sat, 23 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-153 Mark Naples' piece on privacy and My Search History makes a very valid point: The US can use it via the Patriot Act to effectively monitor private behavior that should be beyond that capability.

That was something I was not thinking about when I wrote this. But Mark's remarks equally apply to any personalization or similar history/tracking feature.

It's lamentable that we live in a time when these sorts of ulilities, which have genuine use, can be corrupted/coopted by our own govt. It's also lamentable that we all now need to be paranoid about such things.

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