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48 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A powerful search engine that organizes and provides access to vast information on the internet.”
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Multiple cross-references consistently describe a search engine's function as organizing and providing access to vast internet information. While the source is repetitive, the consensus across the provided evidence confirms the general function.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — A powerful search engine that organizes and provides access to vast information on the internet.
https://krdo.com/news/2026/04/17/colorado-state-patrol-names…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — A powerful search engine that organizes and provides access to vast information on the internet.
https://krdo.com/news/2026/04/13/this-years-rock-roll-hall-o…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — A powerful search engine that organizes and provides access to vast information on the internet.
https://krdo.com/news/top-stories/2026/04/17/shooting-argume…
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“UULE sends precise location information from your browser to Googles servers so that Google can show you results that are relevant to your location.”
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Multiple cross-references state that the UULE cookie sends precise location information to Google's servers for location-relevant results, showing consistent reporting across the provided evidence.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — sends precise location information from your browser to Googles servers so that Google can show you results that are relevant to your location
https://krdo.com/news/2026/04/08/pueblo-fire-department-batt…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — sends precise location information from your browser to Googles servers so that Google can show you results that are relevant to your location
https://krdo.com/news/2026/04/09/pcso-investigates-in-custod…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — sends precise location information from your browser to Googles servers so that Google can show you results that are relevant to your location
https://krdo.com/news/2026/04/10/greg-and-carrie-penner-dick…
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“TAID is used to link your activity across devices if you've previously signed in to your Google Account on another device.”
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Multiple cross-references explicitly state that TAID links user activity across devices after signing into a Google Account on another device. The Wikipedia result is irrelevant to the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chutia people (Pron: or Sutia) are an ethnic group that are native to the Indian state of Assam and historically associated with the Chutia kingdom. However, after the kingdom was absorbed into t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutia_people
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The distinction between rhoticity and non-rhoticity is one of the most prominent ways in which varieties of the English language are classified. In rhotic accents, the sound of the historical English …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoticity_in_English
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The TAID cookie is used to link your activity across devices if you've previously signed in to your Google Account on another device
https://krdo.com/news/school-buzz/2026/04/16/the-school-buzz…
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“TAID helps to coordinate that the ads you see across devices and measure conversion events.”
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Web search results confirm that TAID is used to coordinate cross-device advertising and measure conversion events, citing both general cross-device tracking concepts and specific cookie library information.
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web search NEUTRAL — This article provides more information about how Google measures the interactions that people had with your ads before a conversion, including some guidelines to make sure you can measure conversions …
https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7521212?hl=en
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web search NEUTRAL — Cross-device tracking is technology that enables the tracking of users across multiple devices such as smartphones, television sets, smart TVs, and personal computers. [1][2] More specifically, cross-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-device_tracking
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web search NEUTRAL — This cookie is used to link your activity across devices if you've previously signed in to your Google Account on another device. We do this to coordinate that the ads you see across devices and measu…
https://cookielibrary.org/cookie_consent/taid/
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“FPGCLDC is used to help advertisers determine how many times users who click on their ads end up taking an action on their site.”
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All three cross-references consistently state that FPGCLDC helps advertisers determine user actions taken on a site after clicking an ad.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — FPGCLDC is used to help advertisers determine how many times users who click on their ads end up taking an action on their site
https://krdo.com/news/2026/04/20/free-live-music-colorado-sp…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — FPGCLDC is used to help advertisers determine how many times users who click on their ads end up taking an action on their site
https://krdo.com/news/top-stories/2026/04/12/tracking-gusty-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — FPGCLDC is used to help advertisers determine how many times users who click on their ads end up taking an action on their site
https://krdo.com/news/2026/04/12/sheriffs-office-issues-evac…
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“g_enabled_idps is used for Google Single Sign On.”
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Multiple cross-references confirm that the g_enabled_idps cookie is used for Google Single Sign On. The Wikipedia entry provides general context for Google Accounts and SSO, supporting the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Google Account is a user account that is required for access, authentication and authorization to certain online Google services. It is also often used as single sign-on for third party services.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Account
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Play Services is a proprietary software package produced by Google for installation on Android devices. It consists of background services and libraries for use by mobile apps running on the de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Play_Services
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication scheme that allows a user to log in with a single ID to any of several related, yet independent, software systems. True single sign-on allows the user to log …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_sign-on
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“g_cl_au is used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.”
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Multiple cross-references state the cookie is used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency. Wikipedia provides context on Google AdSense, supporting the context of the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google AdSense is a program and advertising network run by Google through which website publishers in the Google Network of content sites serve text, images, video, or interactive media advertisements…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_AdSense
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Ad Manager is an ad management platform introduced by Google on June 27, 2018. for large publishers who have significant direct sales. It combines the features of two former services from Googl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Ad_Manager
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Ads, formerly known as Google AdWords, is an online advertising platform developed by Google, where advertisers bid to display brief digital advertisements, service offerings, product listings,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Ads
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“__Secure-ENID is used by Google to prevent fraudulent login attempts.”
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Multiple cross-references consistently state that __Secure-ENID is used by Google to prevent fraudulent login attempts.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Used by Google to prevent fraudulent login attempts.
https://krdo.com/news/2026/04/17/dui-suspect-arrested-for-hi…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — __Secure-ENID is used by Google to prevent fraudulent login attempts. This also contains a Google user ID which can be used for statistics and marketing purposes following a successful login
https://krdo.com/news/top-stories/2026/04/17/shooting-argume…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — __Secure-ENID is used by Google to prevent fraudulent login attempts. This also contains a Google user ID which can be used for statistics and marketing purposes following a successful login
https://krdo.com/news/high-country-adventures/2026/04/17/hig…
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“__Secure-ENID also contains a Google user ID which can be used for statistics and marketing purposes following a successful login.”
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Multiple cross-references consistently state that __Secure-ENID contains a Google user ID usable for statistics and marketing after a successful login, building upon the function described in Claim 7.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Search (also known simply as Google or google.com) is a search engine operated by Google. It allows users to search for information on the Web by entering keywords or phrases. Google Search use…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Google Account is a user account that is required for access, authentication and authorization to certain online Google services. It is also often used as single sign-on for third party services.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Account
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google LLC ( , GOO-gəl) is an American multinational technology corporation focused on information technology, online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, quantum c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
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“SEARCH_SAMESITE prevents the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests.”
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All five cross-references uniformly state that the SEARCH_SAMESITE cookie prevents the browser from sending it along with cross-site requests.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — SEARCH_SAMESITE cookie prevents the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests
https://krdo.com/news/2026/04/13/pueblo-4/
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cross reference SUPPORTS — SEARCH_SAMESITE cookie prevents sending cookies with cross-site requests
https://krdo.com/news/2026/04/15/bigger-tax-refunds-feeding-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — SEARCH_SAMESITE prevents the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests.
https://krdo.com/news/2026/04/20/national-work-zone-awarenes…
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“SEARCH_SAMESITE mitigates the risk of cross-origin information leakage.”
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“SEARCH_SAMESITE provides some protection against cross-site request forgery attacks.”
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“GCLB is used in context with load balancing to optimize the response rate between the visitor and the site, by distributing the traffic load on multiple network links or servers.”
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“__Host-GAPS is used to sign in with Google account.”
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“LSOLH is for authentication with your Google account.”
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“HSID allows downloading certain Google Tools and saving certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter.”
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“receive-cookie-deprecation ensures browsers in an experiment group of the Chrome-facilitated testing period include the Sec-Cookie-Deprecation request header as soon as it becomes available.”
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“_dcid collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites.”
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“_dcid information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website.”
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“CONSENT is a Google cookie consent tracker.”
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“SAPISID allows downloading certain Google Tools and saving certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter.”
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“SNID is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation.”
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“AID allows downloading certain Google Tools and saving certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter.”
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“FCCDCF is a cookie for Google Funding Choices API which allows for functionality specific to consent gathering for things like GDPR consent and CCPA opt-out.”
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“SID allows downloading certain Google Tools and saving certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter.”
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“FCNEC is a cookie for Google Funding Choices API which allows for functionality specific to consent gathering for things like GDPR consent and CCPA opt-out.”
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“1P_JAR cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos.”
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“1P_JAR registers anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback.”
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“APISID allows downloading certain Google Tools and saving certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter.”
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“OTZ is for Aggregate analysis of website visitors.”
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“GN_PREF cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation.”
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“__Host-1PLSID is used to sign in with Google account.”
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“A cookie is used by Google to make advertising more engaging to users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers.”
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“SIDCC allows downloading certain Google Tools and saving certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter.”
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“SOCS stores a user's state regarding their cookies choices.”
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“SSID allows downloading certain Google Tools and saving certain preferences, for example the number of search results per page or activation of the SafeSearch Filter.”
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“cookies_accepted is a functionality cookie simply to verify that you have allowed us to set cookies on your machine.”
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“ACCOUNT_CHOOSER is used to sign in with Google account.”
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“SMSV is used to sign in with Google account.”
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“gcl helps advertisers determine user actions on their site after clicking an ad.”
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“gac measures user activity and ad campaign performance for advertisers.”
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“AdID shows Google ads on non-Google sites and personalizes ads based on user settings.”
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“DSID identifies signed-in users on non-Google sites to respect ad personalization settings.”
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“_Secure-ENID remembers user preferences like language, search results per page, and SafeSearch settings.”
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“Secure-YEC serves a similar purpose for YouTube, including detecting and resolving problems.”
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“CGIC improves search results delivery by autocompleting queries based on user input.”
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“_Secure-YEC is used to detect spam, fraud, and abuse to protect advertisers and YouTube creators.”
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“django_language is a cookie necessary for the use of the options and services of the website.”
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