As Part One of this story discussed, Google is bent on monetizing users through keeping a careful watch on every Web page users access and every file users open on local machines, a strategy that has begun to raise red flags among privacy advocates.
It is in sharing users' private information that one of the greatest potentials for loss of privacy can occur. The Google privacy statement indicates that the company does not rent or sell information. But it declares that sharing information is definitely an option under specified limited circumstances with the users' consent.
Users give their consent in most cases when they click the "I agree" option when signing up for a Google service. And what are those specific sharing conditions? Google shares collected data with third-party companies to process Google's specific instructions. It also shares user account information with all of its member services, according to the policy statement, to provide users "a seamless experience." Under unspecified conditions, Google shares account information with other people or nonaffiliated companies.
News source: NewsFactor
It is in sharing users' private information that one of the greatest potentials for loss of privacy can occur. The Google privacy statement indicates that the company does not rent or sell information. But it declares that sharing information is definitely an option under specified limited circumstances with the users' consent.
Users give their consent in most cases when they click the "I agree" option when signing up for a Google service. And what are those specific sharing conditions? Google shares collected data with third-party companies to process Google's specific instructions. It also shares user account information with all of its member services, according to the policy statement, to provide users "a seamless experience." Under unspecified conditions, Google shares account information with other people or nonaffiliated companies.
News source: NewsFactor
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and as they also say, information is power.
happy web browsing.
& thier email
FUD, as defined by the Wikipedia:
If you read the article, you can see many instances of FUD, not to mention unreasonable assumptions by the author. Right at the first paragraph, the author makes plain his position when he writes: "Google is bent on monetizing users...". Really? Google is bent? I always thought of them as being straight-up myself, but If "NewsFactor" says they're bent it MUST be true.
In the next paragraph, the author throws up full-fledged FUD flack, sowing fear with: "It is in sharing users' private information that one of the greatest potentials for loss of privacy can occur." Never mind for the moment that in the very next sentance he reminds us that Google's privacy policy sets out how it is that clients privacy is protected; The FUD has already been sown. This basic pattern continues throughout the whole article, only minor variations on the established FUD pattern and the standard magazine-writer's tricks keep it from being blatantly obvious.
It seems that for a FUD-spiner, it's not the actual contect (per se.) that matters, it is the order in which the content is arranged. It's very subtle and if you aren't aware of the hallmarks of FUD, you can get suckered in by this kind of tripe.
Searched for something, ahem, "controversial," or less than legal via Google? Somewhere, that has been recorded, along with the IP addresses you use for that account.
Lately I'm starting to think Google might be more than just an innocent search engine, it might even have some government backing.
It is also worth mentioning that the vast majority of Internet users choose to search on Google, even though they don't advertise or integrate with popular products (like Windows, MSN...) The only way anybody can attack Google is by spawning conspiracy theorists like toadeater and privacy nutjobs, who without information slander the service. I hope people continue to keep Google's issues of privacy in check, because it is important we don't let companies we like get away with atrocities. But at this time, targeting Google specifically over the others is just an ignorant thing to do. To date, Google does not pose a threat to an individual's privacy, because it does not research the actual person who performs the searches.
and then they go and launch a remote web browser cache / proxy which then directly ties all of your web activity through to google, who, you can bet are collecting as much information as they can about you, and everyone else.
http://www.google-watch.org/
remember, just because it may sound like a conspiracy theory, doesn't mean it's not true!
Nope, to worried about MS having my balls in a vice.
I am so paranoid that I don't use any search engine! In fact, I randomly guess at IP addresses, because I don't trust the DNS servers, either.
However my point of concern is Gmail still being a Beta service, seems to give them the right to do all sorts and get away with it.
Do you guys know how Google makes most of its money? Not through advertisements, but through marketing research done on YOU! Why does any of this shock anyone? You think Google is just giving away free services at no benefit to themselves? Why would anyone invest in them, then?
Google makes a killing off marketing research. For instance, say a company is interested in setting up an auto dealership in your city. They can obtain marketing research done by Google to see how often people are looking for an auto dealership in that area.
I like Google, and continue to use them. As long as the information they are collecting from me is quasi-anonymous I'm comfortable with this.
Surely no matter which one company controls your data it opens the gateway for serious abuse.
Last edited by 53510 on 19 Aug 2005 - 03:28
company pretends they are nice, and do things for the good of the human race.
ultimately they're not being entirely honest about what they're really doing in the background.
any by that i mean the truth may be hidden away in an overly long eula, t+c's, or some dark place of their website that no-one looks at.
you may think you're being clever by calling people that are, ultimately, looking out for everyone's privacy, pussies, because you simply don't care, or don't understand. whatever the reason, there's nothing wrong in standing up and asking questions of people and organisations that may not be doing anything wrong, but they have the means to do wrong, and people need to be made aware of that.
Last edited by 36818 on 18 Aug 2005 - 22:12
www.google-watch.org
fine, if you don't care you don't care. if you don't care don't post. cheerio.
*sigh*
What could be worrying is if google stock starts falling (like it apparently has) and google needs cash fast to avoid bankrupcy, there could be a possibility of making loads of quick cash by selling some or all of this personal info to other companies - probably spyware.
Then you could have personalized porn popups according to your preferences: "how about some Asian transexuals with a cat scratching their backs?"
Why google can't track people ? It's all about marketing they collect stats see what is the most need and with all that information, they can free some BD space ...
No One is secure or free of being track. If you connect to your ISP you will be traked ...
so what it's the problem ? afraid of what ?
Companies are in the business of providing shareholder value (or making money)!!! Expecting them to preserve your privacy is like asking a two year old to not to eat another cookie!!!! Not gonna happen!
What if I don't wanna be a privacy nut case? What if I have nothing to hide?
This isn't that Antitrust movie, and none of you are Ryan Phillips! They're not gonna come after you and kill you if you don't lend them your 1337 skills.
For those who don't want google to know that your IP searched for child porn, use something else. For those who don't want google to know that you're cybering with someone through gmail, use yahoo mail (who NEEDS 2.5GB of storage when attachments are limited to 10MB?). If you guys are getting a stroke just thinking that google knows you typed the letter "P" 2 times in your last search, just know that you're in no way FORCED to use google. Just use teoma.
But please, stop buying that one-sided propaganda about privacy like it was putting your life in jeopardy! You almost sound like CNN when they got infected live on TV!
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