Are Google and the sites really free to communicate? What does the user lose? Electronic newspaper

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Atallah Al-Shammari, a technical expert and media consultant, pointed out that online search engines and social networking sites serve advertisers and earn more than any advertising agency or traditional media network.

Al-Shammari, in a series of tweets via his Twitter account, said that these sites and search engines sell user information to certain parties in exchange for your privacy. There are therefore measures to maintain privacy, even minimally, by adjusting the settings of social networking sites, applications and application settings. .

He added that there are procedures to prevent authorized applications such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and others from using the site, your microphone or your contacts, and to search for those actions and settings on the Internet and to Use Google to get them.

"During the last quarter of last year, several hacks were reported to 120 million Facebook users." Hackers broadcast 81,000 private chats between Facebook users. Global social network site, Among them, 1.52 billion people daily in the fourth quarter of 2018, 2.7 billion people around the world are using, according to estimates, one of its applications (Facebook or Instagram, Wattab or Messenger).

"As far as the company is concerned, the Global Internet Users Company has provided a free search engine and launched its services on YouTube, and has created a competing e-mail for Hotmail, which brings together more than a billion users. Chrome browsers and Google Maps used by individuals and businesses.It is free for all users, but it's really like if Facebook, Twitter and others enjoyed user information, but how?

"Wherever you go or open a YouTube video and every word you search for in Google on your smartphone or computer reflects your behavior, if you want to buy clothes on the Internet, Google will keep them and know your preferences and things. you like, If you want to buy beauty tools, you are surprised that Google is showing you ads of brands and sites offering beauty products when you visit a site or open certain applications and that these ads are displayed on the right and to the left of the screen.

"For example, in the second quarter of 2018, revenues of $ 32.66 billion were generated, 86% of which came from advertising on Google," he said. "Google and Facebook know what you're doing and what you're doing, search for them and the sites you visit, and post appropriate ads accordingly.