Is it 'safe' to you G*ogle as a search engine

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

My concern with google, is I changed ISP, and put a new profile on my office pc. I used google on the other pc, and then on the office pc, used it on that. It knew who I was.

I cleaned my browser, killed all cookies, and it smacked me in again. What has this done? Or left on my pc?

As for android phones, no no no.

boxst

Google do track you and doubly so if you have a gmail account and login as it can trace your steps across multiple computers / ip addresses.

If you are very concerned about privacy and want to visit naughtynunsanddonkeys.com in anonymity I suggest using something like TOR. This is a way of routing and hiding your searches, browsing and general internet habits.

-TangleFoot-

boxst wrote: »

I suggest using something like TOR.

If you're that worried you might as well go the whole hog and use something like Tails.

Andrew1472

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny wrote: »

My concern with google, is I changed ISP, and put a new profile on my office pc. I used google on the other pc, and then on the office pc, used it on that. It knew who I was.

I cleaned my browser, killed all cookies, and it smacked me in again. What has this done? Or left on my pc?

As for android phones, no no no.

I use Google for searches, email, calendar as well as Youtube etc. I know they are trying to track me, but they haven't the faintest idea who I am. For instance, my location according them is Reading. Not even close;).

It suggests to me you have told them who you are and, knowingly or not, linked everything together.
I'm uncertain what you mean by a new profile?
What information have you told Google?
Have you signed into a Google account?