Starting today, your face, name, and personal information could appear in Google ads.
Read more about the new terms here. But most importantly: opt out here.
I love that when I unclicked the box, it said ‘Your friends will be less likely to benefit from your recommendations’ as if NOT having my browsing and searching history show up everywhere they look is a negative thing…
I guess my face and name will lend real credibility to the middle aged chronically depressed grossly unhealthy marginal poverty market.
HEY GUYS, SUPER IMPORTANT, GO AND OPT OUT ASAP.
Especially since it’s unlikely that any of us got told about this and it’s just a thing that’s happening without us knowing about it.
Oh for the love of God that makes me uncomfortable.
All to often, when a service though a large corporation such as Google is free, you are not the customer. You are the product.
Honestly I read what this was and I doesn’t sound that bad???
The tagline for OPs post is misleading. By the looks of it your icon and reviews are used to show your FRIENDS your reviews of different stores and products. It’s a bit like your newsfeed on Facebook telling you your friend liked something, only a bit more expansive.
I still wouldn’t want this, because like what if you reviewed a sex shop or a card shop or something else you might not necessarily want to share with all your associates.
But I think that google was genuinely trying to make a useful addition to its services. A better option would have been if the default is to opt out of this and let it just be something that you confirm yes I want this or for a message to appear when you write a review asking if you would like to share it with your friends.
ugh 