Google ads getting creepier

Read how to use it! It's a great little application.

Excellent thread ... I'm using CCleaner to ID what cookies are present (have blocked google updater) , applied the Network Advertsising Initiative and now read the other links. Thanks all ... it is becoming rather underhand; as Gregrocker said it's one thing to have ads to fund free content but quite another to have data miners snuck under the fence.

As bad as it is on PC's its probably worse on smart phones.
Your Smartphone Is Spying on You - Yahoo! News
Carrier IQ references discovered in Apple's iOS | The Verge

DuckDuckGo is a good alternative search engine that does not track you.

https://duckduckgo.com/privacy.html
https://duckduckgo.com/goodies.html
Google tracks you. We don't. An illustrated guide.
Escape your search engine Filter Bubble!

doesn't bother me this what google tells me

Jaycee.......... I'll share with you. Seen your post on cookie wall and Tried it out. I had Norton Utilities loaded also. Norton can't run when Cookie Wall is in memory. Norton must be trying to call home for a cookie and can't get it. No big loss. I like cookie wall. I deleted and reinstalled Norton Utilities a couple of times. I reloaded a couple of images from my stash. It boiled down to if I killed Cookie Wall, Norton Utilities would run. Norton Utilities is redundant with cleanups in Win plus there is always CCleaner. But there may be some other apps that clash.