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Google Chief: If you care about your privacy you're a criminal
temuchin:
--- Quote from: isukianime on December 10, 2009, 08:00:02 PM ---Tor is too slow. I just use a VPN service.
--- End quote ---
Tor is quite slow- recently "tested" it out on the chan networks.
i had used a VPN based in Germany (forget name) for torrents a while back but the speeds albeit faster than TOR
weren't acceptable.
xShadow:
My google email address is my main address. After reading this, I must say that I don't really care about what they do, as long as they're not combing through my emails for passwords to sites and shit. I mean, seriously, you guys expected Google to just be a non-profit organization or something? Fuck no. If they want to compete with something like Microsoft, they have to bring in money from something. That something is information. That's fine by me, as long as I'm not paying a dime for their services (which are many, and those many are all convenient). So far, I have definitely never been hurt by their privacy policies.
On the other hand, I think the stance this guy (Schmidt) took was extremely retarded. He should have come straight out and said, "Yes, we have to sell some commodity in order keep our organization afloat, and for us that is generally information about people's search histories and such... blablablablabla." and then, "We also have to keep some records because they are required by law."
Well then again I'm not a pro company manager so what the hell do I know. I just know that I don't really much care about what this article does. The way the guy (writer) approaches it seems awfully biased, too. It lowers his credibility a lot.
Neco:
While I am certainly not trying to hold the register up any higher than it deserves.
The underlying point is the fact that a man in a position of significant power even made this statement. He has the power to make and change policies on what they sell, or how they cooperate with authorities, or anything else they may do with your search history, or personal e-mail correspondence, or whatever else they offer through services.
If those are his personal views, that's fine. But he appeared on a show, in the capacity of a person representing Google, and that is as good as saying "Google hath decreed". This is customer service / public relations 101 - you do NOT say shit like that to/about your customers. Now we aren't really customers of Google as much as we are "users" but the analogy is a close one.
Imagine if a world leader stood up and said this.. Or Bill Gates said this?
There would be a shit storm so fucking big.
Lupin:
Use Bing
nstgc:
You can always opt out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMChO0qNbkY&fmt=18
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