Liberate (some of) your Google data with Takeout

#1 Macworld

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 07:31 AM

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#2 FlopTech

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 09:36 AM

We recommend DuckDuckGo for search. But if you *must* use Google search, and you're using Safari, make sure you turn on the "Send Do Not Track HTTP Header" option in the "Develop" menu.

#3 kmfyi

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 02:40 AM

FlopTech, on 22 May 2012 - 09:36 AM, said:

We recommend DuckDuckGo for search. But if you *must* use Google search, and you're using Safari, make sure you turn on the "Send Do Not Track HTTP Header" option in the "Develop" menu.

FlopTech, thanks so much for the Safari suggestion. Found had to go to Safari, Preferences, Privacy, to turn on the "Develop" part of the Safari menu.

#4 hagen

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 07:36 AM

Takeout is not a first step: the info provided there is your data. You put that data there: google didn't track it or monitor you. Only the +1s and Buzz are things you may not remember. Takeout seems like a sop to me. And a useless one.