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Google to Sell User Profiles, Photos in Ads

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mouser:
The only surprise here is that they didn't wait a little longer before doing this little inevitable bait and switch advertising maneuver.

TaoPhoenix:
Google has joined Facebook and Instagram.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/10/11/google-to-sell-user-profiles-and-photos-in-ads/?mod=e2fb
Google updated its terms of service Friday ...


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-Renegade (October 12, 2013, 07:47 AM)
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Oh! I know this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsW9MlYu31g
"I am altering the Deal. Pray I don't alter it any further!"

Deozaan:
Users are opted in to Google's new scheme by default. In the past, Google gave itself permission to use users’ +1s alongside advertisements unless the user specifically opted out. The new “shared endorsements” are an extension of that setting, wherein Google gives itself permission to take even more of a user’s content and place it alongside ads.

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Had you opted out of that already?
-wraith808 (October 12, 2013, 03:50 PM)
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Probably.

Jibz:
Mine was disabled as well, and I had opted out of it previously.

You can opt out.. though there's no real 'link' to the opt-out page.
-wraith808 (October 12, 2013, 11:38 AM)
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In my settings, under the Google+ tab, there was a link to the page (something like shared recommendations), and I got an e-mail telling me about it. There is also a big old blue bar at the top of google searches that says there was a policy change, with a link to the policy, which has a link to the setting for it. I think, compared to some other social sites, and previous cases for google as well, they have done a reasonable job making me aware of the change this time.

I don't know how I feel about it -- on one hand I want to be able to disable it of course, on the other hand I've found the +1 information to sometimes be helpful when trying to figure out what search result to click.

Btw: https://plus.google.com/u/0/110619855408549015935/posts/MRgubNY3kyg

Renegade:
The only surprise here is that they didn't wait a little longer before doing this little inevitable bait and switch advertising maneuver.
-mouser (October 12, 2013, 05:28 PM)
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I'm not too surprised. Instagram did the same thing a while back, and FB has followed up on it, so they've had the way paved for them, and so far it looks "safe", where "safe" means people are too self-absorbed, ignorant, and apathetic to notice, know, or care.

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