If you use Google+ to ‘like’ something (or +1 in Googletalk), you could soon be helping to advertise it. Google is introducing ‘shared endorsements’, through which the adverts on its site and on thousands of others may include the face and comments of Google users. (If you only use Google to search and don’t log in then don’t worry, this doesn’t apply to you.)
As the Register says, “it sounds about as enticing as going to a pub with your pals to discover all they want to talk about is the products they have bought since you last saw them”. However, it is at least possible (and easy – follow the instructions here) to opt-out before this goes live on 11 November – unlike Facebook’s latest anti-privacy move, meaning that all user profiles can be found through a search. Continue reading “How to DuckDuckGo out of Google’s shared endorsement adverts”