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If you Google on medical issues, will the insurance companies use that to deny you care?

Mon, 12/15/2008 - 12:05pm — DCblogger

Online Search Analytics Provide a Window Into Customer Behavior

Online searching is a proxy for consumer behavior. By examining how people search and what they're searching for, insurance companies can figure out better ways to connect with potential customers. Understanding how and when consumers are using the Web to look for information will help drive growth and help insurance companies navigate the next year.

Don't worry, they would never use this information to deny you coverage.
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thanks

By DCblogger on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 1:00pm

I can't write a headline worth a damn

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I guess using Google as a dispute settler

By gqmartinez on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 1:29pm

can get you in trouble. When I hear something I don't know about, I go to The Google to figure it out, including some of the medical stuff. And I like to do a little research on medication when I hear of a new one my friends/family are using.

I guess it could be worse, all computers and TVs could start to come with built in webcams and those webcams could transmit what you're doing at all times, in addition to seeing every webpage you look at.

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Tivo

By DCblogger on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 2:02pm

I guess it could be worse, all computers and TVs could start to come with built in webcams and those webcams could transmit what you're doing at all times, in addition to seeing every webpage you look at.

its known as Tivo

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TiVo on 'roids

By gqmartinez on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 3:32pm

Oh, I'm happy if people want to examine my TV watching patterns. It's pretty boring: Simpsons, How I Met Your Mother, Football, Soccer, baseball.

I'm thinking about the computers that come with built in cameras. If one wanted, they could get the cameras to transmit images in the background without your consent. I'll be worried when I start seeing cameras on all new TVs.

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speaking of that--don't all digital cable boxes

By amberglow on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 3:55pm

report back? i had heard they did, but never exactly on what (beyond the tv guide and systems checks).

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Two magic words

By lambert on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 2:06pm

proxy server.

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