Google’s cookies do not expire until 2038. All of Google’s properties (Google, Gmail, Orkut, Google Desktop, etc.) have deep-linked cookies that expire in 2038. Each Google cookie has a unique GUID. Every time you search, the search queries are tied back to your cookie. Google does not delete anything.

Agenda • Threats to Consumer Privacy • Government & Society • IT Vendors • Facebook • Google • Learn from the FTC • Case Studies in Failure • Success Stories

First Cloud Application? Voicemail – Similarities to clouds today – What have we learned from the history of Voicemail that might apply to clouds?

The numbers are run through public databases to determine whether anyone is using them to obtain credit. If not, they are offered for sale for a few hundred to several thousand dollars.