http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/26/google-ability-follow-users-internet-advertisements
Some other privacy-friendly extensions and tools in the article, and a bunch more in the comments. Based on that and a few other articles I'm starting to throw DuckDuckGo and even Bing into my search engine mix, and using FF more than Chrome on my laptop. Too bad no such thing as Firefox Remote Desktop!
http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/12/start/privacy-versus-facebook
But I am damn glad I never bought into the fear-of-missing-out cult known as Facebook!
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/04/no-facebook-no-iphone-digital-independence
Yeah but it sure sounds like you feel left out of things sometimes. Just saying
Ignorance is bliss. Online doubly so!
(And thanks to DDG (http://forums.righteouswrath.com/index.php/topic,9662.msg81063.html#msg81063) being a very capable alternative, may Google's detailed tracking records now become blissful re. yours truly! )