re: Do YOU use Google products - Yes or No

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I feel ok about it too. They steal data of million of US citizens and get paid for selling (via ads) the data they steal.

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Google is pretty upfront about the fact that they track and collect data, and how they use it. As for google's ads on 3rd party sites, the site knows the policies and they should pass that information on to you in their own policy. Like TigerDroppings does in theirs.

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We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain information when you visit our website. These companies may collect and use, among other data, click stream information, browser type, time and date, and the subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over by you.

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Google is one of the third-parties with which we work. Google serves ads and collects certain user and site information. To learn more about how Google uses this information, please click on the following link: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

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It's all laid out for you, hard to call that "stealing" to justify your own actions.

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Kinda sounds like something that should be illegal.

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No, not quite.