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07-05-2012, 08:08 PM
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What The Heck...How?
I just downloaded google chrome, on this new computer. I googled an addon I had on my old computer. And the thing i searched for...for the first time on this computer....was purple, which indicates I've searched for it before. How would google or google chrome know I searched for this, on a completely different computer?
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07-05-2012, 08:09 PM
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Re: What The Heck...How?
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I just downloaded google chrome, on this new computer. I googled an addon I had on my old computer. And the thing i searched for...for the first time on this computer....was purple, which indicates I've searched for it before. How would google or google chrome know I searched for this, on a completely different computer?
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Either you've signed in to Google or it's remembering your IP address. That would be my guesses.
Everything you've searched for, every website you visit leaves a trail.
Last edited by seekerman; 07-05-2012 at 08:12 PM.
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07-05-2012, 08:12 PM
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Re: What The Heck...How?
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Either you've signed in to Google or it's remembering your IP address. That would be my guesses.
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It would have to be the address, I didn't put in my google information.
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07-05-2012, 08:12 PM
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Re: What The Heck...How?
I was going to say IP addresses because Google keeps track of everything a person searches on the web. I mean everything. Every email too.
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07-05-2012, 08:13 PM
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Re: What The Heck...How?
That's a pretty creepy thing, dontcha think? Every google search I've ever done, is permanently saved somewhere.
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07-05-2012, 08:14 PM
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Re: What The Heck...How?
Mskes me think, just what have I googled in my lifetime?
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07-05-2012, 08:15 PM
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Re: What The Heck...How?
Yep, but that's what makes the browser so valuable. They're not free for nothing. In Google, simply because you browse incognito doesn't mean that your Google history isn't recorded, it is, but it's just not recorded in a history file on your computer.
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07-05-2012, 08:16 PM
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Re: What The Heck...How?
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That's a pretty creepy thing, dontcha think? Every google search I've ever done, is permanently saved somewhere.
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Yep. Creepy I agree. They then put together a pretty accurate profile of you.
Try googling the things you have searched for in the past and see what you come up with.
I googled my name a few times and found in the permanent web searches websites I went to like Ancestry.com and found questions I had asked many years ago.
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07-05-2012, 08:18 PM
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Re: What The Heck...How?
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Mskes me think, just what have I googled in my lifetime?
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Exactly. 
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07-05-2012, 08:19 PM
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Re: What The Heck...How?
Don't know if this has anything to do with it, but you might want to check this
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