Your Face in a Google Ad? - Comments Page 2

Thanks Bob for your help & clear instructions - much appreciated!

Bob,
Why do you advise us to upgrade to Google+? I am not interested in belonging to another social site. Like Tenika said, isn't the easiest way just not joining in the first place?

Apparently if you haven't uploaded a picture of yourself there's no problem. Clicking on the icon which represents a missing picture does not offer a link to "shared endorsements".

Thank you for a very important advice. I spend about 30 minutes to find Shared Endorsements and fix the other privacy settings. I want privacy and I do not care of finding people to chat with or folks who I can share pictures of “my baby’s first stool” or “my new lover caught by his wife”. I have no time and I do not want to waste my intelligence on FB type of brainless activities. I see that Google is trying to do the same to take people's minds of serious political and economical problems and make on us more money. How much is enough to stick to their greedy rears? Two-factor authentication will keep you logged in with Google forever or I something do not understand. Amazon and social websites keep you signed in even after your reboot your computer to spy on you. I have had recently a shocking experience with Amazon. The seller (stranger) and I both were on the phones (one-land line-home phone and another – mobile-not a smart phone). At the same time we were logged in to our Amazon accounts and logged it to our email accounts that were associated with our Amazon accounts. I was happy with the nutrition supplement that I received from seller and wanted to ask more questions about it. I thank the seller and told that I posted a positive review under her listing and forwarded to her the notification email from Amazon, stated that my review has been posted. She did not ask me for the review and I did not ask her for a favor. This was one in a life time a phone condensation. She received Amazon notification email from me, opened it and clicked on the Amazon link that brought her to her listing to see my review. In a second my review disappeared...Amazon customer service answered that their computer detected that I’m in a contact with seller or may be I’m this seller and they do not want any biased reviews. This was ridicules! The Amazon customer service is showed lack on wisdom and absolutely no respect to buyer and seller. I hope the nuc button never will be trusted to computer or third world temporary worker from Amazon sweat shop. Where is American privacy, American quality and American customer service? This is scary.

I stopped at the second step, requiring me to upgrade my account to Google Plus. I closed my Google Plus account after learning the privacy implications, so having to re-open it to protect my privacy seems contrary to purpose. Now come to think of it, Google doesn't have a picture of me, so that takes care of that, but I suppose they will use my name... Time to start disconnecting from Google entirely.

Bob, thanks for the wealth of information you provide on a regular basis.

I "opted" out. Would have never found out without your "10-step" program.

Thanks.