How to prevent Google from logging your search terms

[mandy]

Article details steps you can take to prevent Google from logging your search history.

Abstract

A simple HOWTO for stopping Google from logging your search history.

The Problem

While Google.com is a brilliant search site, and while its proprieters claim to abide by their 'do no evil' motto, there is one practice that threatens to expose you to much evil down the track.

Google places a cookie on every user's computer, timed to expire in 2038. With this cookie, they can track you and log your entire search history. In fact, Google has recently indicated that they won't be deleting people's search histories.

While this cookie may not directly identify you by name, an analysis of your search history over time can definitely help an attacker (or abusive government authority) to identify you personally...

full article: http://www.freenet.org.nz/misc/google-privacy.html