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Could googling take down a president?

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Everything we do online is known and knowable and can be combined with everything else that is known and knowable.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 51, Issue 1
50th anniversary issue: 1958 - 2008
January 2008
106 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1327452
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Published: 01 January 2008
Published in CACM Volume 51, Issue 1

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  • (2018)Brand verbs: brand synonymity and brand leadershipJournal of Brand Management10.1057/s41262-018-0115-326:2(110-125)Online publication date: 16-May-2018
  • (2016)People Searched by PeopleProceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems10.1145/2901790.2901853(749-760)Online publication date: 4-Jun-2016

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