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katakowsj  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Natasha Lomas: Not OK, Google

    He adds that he has “confidence” of being able to “do some amazing things for users over the next 10 years”.

    So, in other words, trust us with all your data!

So says Sundar Pichai.

Wow for some "free services" all I have to do is give you every little detail of my life?

Nope. For the very same reasons I did not listen to the mortgage lenders that were sure my family could manage a mortgage of three times greater than the one we accepted. You are not always working in my best interest.

I imagine that, at some point in our future, we'll have a data bubble pop and Google will be involved. Not sure what that will look like, can't imagine it will be good.





mk  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You can pretty much guarantee that once Google puts microphones in homes, the NSA will be collecting data on some of them. Of course, Google will only be able to give general numbers about how many requests the NSA has made.

Also, for anyone prosecuted for something based on evidence gathered by this home-tapping, the defense won't be able to use the evidence in court, because showing that evidence would compromise secret programs used to fight terrorism.

The Stasi never had it so good.

steve  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    for anyone prosecuted for something based on evidence gathered by this home-tapping, the defense won't be able to use the evidence in court,

sure they could... I'm sure forfeiting your right to privacy is neatly buried in the Ts & Cs that you will agree to to have your google-bot servant re-order eggs and milk.