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The Onion: Google's Opt-Out Privacy Feature

By Kim Hart - 10/09/09 11:35 AM ET

Speaking of encouraging citizens to protect their privacy online, here's a tongue-in-cheek example of what Google is doing to help consumers become invisible online.

This video, from The Onion, was posted in August. It was pointed out to me this week by an employee of the Federal Trade Commission, who happened to find it pretty amusing.

Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village


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http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/62415-the-onion-googles-opt-out-privacy-feature
Phillip J. Bond’s ‘Tech Execs’ appears here on The Hill's Hillicon Valley Blog occasionally.

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