04-02-2013, 08:49 PM | #31 | |
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I do not believe Google does this. They are just too competent. But in the history of email, I'm sure it has happenned, and it might still happen with smaller providers. Especially in a business context, I try to go by the principle of not putting anything in email I wouldn't want to see in the New York Times. But it's a hard (because inconvenient) standard to live up to. |
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04-02-2013, 09:03 PM | #32 |
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You are being tracked and tracked and tracked. Your Google searches, your phone gps, and much, much more help those tracker types to know you better than you know yourself. It's not just for ads. It's really beyond belief how crazy this has gotten. Cameras on laptops and devices like Kinect can easily be turned on remotely without you knowing it. It's all about how interested they are in you. David Petraeus actually said that your dishwasher will be watching (not washing) you soon. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012...eus-tv-remote/ . The world we grew up in is long gone. Heck, they were matchng ads to email content back in 1648.
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04-02-2013, 09:40 PM | #33 | ||
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The world you grew up in is still here. Not everyone has a computer. I like the deal where I can trade Google algorithms tracking me in return for otherwise free services. If you don't like it, fine, don't partake. In the world I grew up in, a government official AKA librarian looked at every book I took out of the building. Those officials often asked citizens what they liked to read and, then, after listening, advised of other books to read. Gives one the willies, doesn't it |
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04-02-2013, 10:17 PM | #34 | |
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