Google is at it again, reading my gmail. You might remember the first time, when Google noticed I had written the word “attached” in the body of my email but I hadn’t attached anything. This time it waited until the right time to pounce.
I received a notification yesterday to let me know the good people (computers?) at their organization had added the flight information for my upcoming trip to Tokyo to my Google calendar. So I won’t forget I’m going, I suppose.
So I have decided: If I receive an email suggesting that I drink less before I go to bed so I won’t have to get up to go to the bathroom at 1:37 am, 3:03 am, and 4:26 am again the next night, I’m going offline permanently.
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October 12, 2015 at 7:59 am
You didn’t know that Google was broadcasting your life online? Really? We’ve all been avidly watching to see what happens next…
Oh, by the way, the kettle is boiling, oh, and you missed a bit when you last cleaned that window over your right shoulder…
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October 12, 2015 at 5:37 pm
Ha! I know that’s not right… I don’t do windows. 😉 hehehe
*turns off the kettle*
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October 12, 2015 at 7:40 am
My email program reminds me when I forget an attachment as well. I appreciate it. I don’t use the calendar function, which is designed to put things like flight information in automatically. I suggest maybe not using google mail or learning the settings to turn off stuff you don’t like.
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October 12, 2015 at 5:36 pm
Ha! I certainly won’t be adding anything that uses my laptop camera then. 😛 Thanks for the suggestion, David. 🙂
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October 12, 2015 at 5:31 am
If you wanna know what your family.. kids… etcetera are googling, check adds on FB and their email accounts… you know just casually leaning over with interest.
Yup.. I feel you… they even know where we live man! And if I should wear warm or cold clothes!
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October 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm
Not sure the email ads are totally accurate – I often end up with ads letting me know where I can meet women in my area… then again that’s Yahoo. Nobody ever accused them of being smart. But still, good suggestion! 😀
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October 13, 2015 at 6:26 pm
hehehehe – yeah I figured about the same when hubby gets adds for female underwear.
um – oh 0oooh hang on a minute…. (JUST KIDDING!!!) He gets adds for cars n gadgets etc… how exciting!! 😀
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October 13, 2015 at 10:02 pm
Haha! Yeah, I get car-part ads every time my friend John uses my laptop. 😛
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October 14, 2015 at 4:45 am
😉
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October 11, 2015 at 11:42 pm
Gosh! I know how creepy that sounds but it also makes me wonder how much technology has seeped into our lives. Right? 🙂
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October 12, 2015 at 5:32 pm
It really is everything these days. 😛
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October 11, 2015 at 10:54 pm
Ha! I happened to be pricing fishing waders the other day and when I checked Walmart (prices are usually pretty good) I accidentally signed onto the American site Walmart.com instead of the Canadian site Walmart.ca. Anyway, now I get continual American wader pricing with virtually every site I sign onto. Then today, they set up a little grid that did comparative pricing of a number of options running from $135 USD – $200 USD and included in the grid was a delightful offer for a pistol for the low, low price of $132. The cheapest price on the grid. Go Walmart, Go! Way to promote a safer Canada – ha!
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October 11, 2015 at 10:56 pm
Ah Paul, you know they’re just trying to get you to take a shot at Target, right? 😉
Unbeflippin’lievable.
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October 11, 2015 at 10:28 pm
I was looking up tripods because mine was stolen and I needed to replace it. Now, every site has an ad for Manfrotto tripods. How do I tell Google I already bought one? Not Manfrotto, but another brand. Maybe if I search for something else the ads will change?
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October 11, 2015 at 10:54 pm
The ads do change – just be careful what you look for. Could get embarrassing. 😉
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October 12, 2015 at 4:15 pm
Thanks for the advice. Hadn’t thought of that!
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October 11, 2015 at 8:52 pm
Creepy.. but if the government is keeping an eye on all our computer activity I expect them to know every word we write, or at least be able to bring it to their own review at will. I Mean doesn’t the Gov’t aheva record of our every phone call too? Do I sound paranoid? I guess I am! LOL
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October 11, 2015 at 10:53 pm
It’s hard not to be paranoid these days! hehe
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October 11, 2015 at 7:16 pm
Just think Linda that around the world there are bloggers who for your convenience could email you at those times to remind you of where you should be……that’s the sort of folk we are…….so 3am for you would be 6pm for me….easy…..
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October 11, 2015 at 10:52 pm
Ha! You have a point there. Thank you for offering to be so creepily kind, Michael. 😉
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October 11, 2015 at 11:04 pm
It’s the way I roll Linda. Creepy in the nicest possible way.
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October 11, 2015 at 11:08 pm
Hahaha! And that’s why I love ya, Michael. 😀
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October 11, 2015 at 11:18 pm
Its the hump isn’t it, the Igor imitation I do on the full moon….
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October 11, 2015 at 11:31 pm
Oh Oh Oh… do the Igor imitation! 😉
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October 11, 2015 at 11:49 pm
You loves me for my hump? Mistress Linda its the full moon, I love a full moon my hump, watch it, you see, it ripples? Cute eh?
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October 12, 2015 at 5:31 pm
Hahaha! And oh so sexy. 🙂
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October 11, 2015 at 4:10 pm
Put tape over your PC camera, so Google can’t ogle you.
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October 11, 2015 at 4:12 pm
That’s it! You’re brilliant! It’s not “Google,” it’s Go Ogle! Gah!!!
Good suggestion, thanks, Glazed. 🙂
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October 11, 2015 at 3:08 pm
You can’t go offline permanently, Linda. What about the one-liners? What about SoCS prompts?
What about Nano Poblano in November? Please Linda. Don’t go.
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October 11, 2015 at 3:53 pm
Okay, I’ll stay. On one condition – you come and watch over me while I sleep to protect me from Google.
…wait, that’s even creepier. Never mind.
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October 11, 2015 at 2:58 pm
I understand the “attached” thing. It just uses a word to trigger a message, but flight information? That is creepy. Imagine if Gmail decided to send an e mail to all your friends? Or decided to read your e mails and delete them without you, or……
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October 11, 2015 at 3:51 pm
Ahhh! Stop! Haha… yeah, that would be bad. 😛
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October 11, 2015 at 2:19 pm
Thus why I won’t have anything to do with google. There are a lot of other companies that do the same things without intruding into my personal life.
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October 11, 2015 at 3:50 pm
I guess switching is a better alternative to going offline, eh? 😛
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October 11, 2015 at 3:59 pm
Yep. Unless you want a lot more free time. 😏
Apple has a free email service that doesn’t bug you with ads.
DuckDuckGo.com has spy free search engine.
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October 11, 2015 at 4:09 pm
Yeah, I’ve been meaning to look up DuckDuckGo. I think I’ll do that – thanks for the suggestion. 🙂
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October 11, 2015 at 1:48 pm
Google monitoring our bathroom habits is definitely creepy….!
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October 11, 2015 at 1:55 pm
That would be it for me. 😛
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October 11, 2015 at 1:41 pm
Creepy indeed.
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October 11, 2015 at 1:53 pm
Right? 😛
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