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projectsgoogle promises to anonymize search data
Somehow with all the π day excitement I managed to miss this important announcement: Google has promised to strip your IP address and cookie information from search logs after 18-24 months (unless you're using their terrifying search history feature), making the increasingly ominous database of intentions grow pretty darn anonymous (and less frightening) as it ages.
Like everyone else, of course, I'd much rather have this information anonymized from the get-go. Do google employees really need to know exactly how many times a day I google myself? But certainly this is a step in the correct direction and should help avoid reiteration of the AOL embarrassment.
