[Infowarrior] - A new Google privacy danger

[Richard Forno]

Your slice of the web
Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 4:23:00 PM
Posted by Payam Shodjai, Product Manager for Personalization
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/your-slice-of-web.html

I'll probably visit more than 100 web pages today, and so will hundreds of
millions of people. Printed and bound together, the web pages you'll visit
in just one day are probably bigger than the book sitting on your night
table. Over the next month alone, that's an entire bookcase full! The idea
of having access to this virtual library of information has always
fascinated me. Imagine being able to search over the full text of pages
you've visited online and finding that one particular quote you remember
reading somewhere months ago. Imagine always knowing exactly where you saw
something online, like that priceless YouTube video of your friend
attempting to perform dance moves from a bygone age. Better yet, imagine
having this wealth of information work for you to make searching for new
information easier and faster.

Today, we're pleased to announce the launch of Web History, a new feature
for Google Account users that makes it easy to view and search across the
pages you've visited. If you remember seeing something online, you'll be
able to find it faster and from any computer with Web History. Web History
lets you look back in time, revisit the sites you've browsed, and search
over the full text of pages you've seen. It's your slice of the web, at your
fingertips.

How does Web History work? All you need is a Google Account and the Google
Toolbar with PageRank enabled. The Toolbar, as part of your browser, helps
us associate the pages you visit with your Google Account. If you're
currently a Search History user, you'll notice that we've renamed Search
History to Web History to reflect this new functionality. To sign up for Web
History, visit http://www.google.com/history.