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Sunday, March 04, 2012

how to auto data mine yourself

There's been a lot of talk lately about Google's new unified privacy policy. How much of an issue is it for you?

It's time to Google yourself. I find that using my name comes back with WAY too many results that don't apply to me. But here's a short list that brings back useful info

- your email addresses
- the username/usernames you register as on websites

A LOT of websites you register with have social functions that you won't even use, but they will still show up on Google.

So now that you've seen your tracks on the web, it's time to automate your web privacy. It's simpler than you might think. Go here:

http://www.google.com/alerts

Set up alerts to include your usernames and email addresses and you'll see what new information Google learns about you on a daily/weekly basis.

Ahhh, peace of mind. Now Google can sell you all kinds of stuff that pertains to your life and you don't have to worry about being big brothered in a bad way.

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