Browsing in an Application-Driven World

I bet a shiver ran down your spine when you read the last sentence of the preceding section. If not, you’re probably a true geek like me. I don’t have a problem in the world with Google studying how I use the Internet—as long as they do it without violating some basic privacy tenants.

However, that’s not the stance that most folks take when they think of Google. More often than not, conspiracy theory fear takes over, and people believe that Google is tracking our movements to use against us. I haven’t yet heard of a single person exploited by the information that Google collects.