Comments on: Does Google Know Too Much?

By: jandres

jandres — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:02:06 +0000

flyingrose…..Absolutley correct. Technology is a double-edged sword…especially these google geeks. Like some of us that have posted, I trust them as well. How much? I still don’t know. But what do I know?….if my computer freezes, I shut it off and “restart”. And now with the “trend” of going after terrorism, Google probably have their hands in the mix…..so the question is: Do they trust us?

By: flyingrose

flyingrose — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:02:02 +0000

Not only is it necessary to consider what GOOGLE will do with all the data they’ve compiled; we also need to consider what others who can obtain that data will do with it. Few truly understand the power of data mining and the enormous amount of information those you would never imagine have and can obtain.

Every use of technology is a double-edged sword. Whatever can be used to “protect” us can also be used to “stalk” us. If you’re too young to remember the book 1984 you may want to check it out.

By: Rubab

Rubab — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:58:49 +0000

Google has no match, simply marvelous.

By: betweenstations

betweenstations — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:34:12 +0000

Where TannerC is reassured by the words of a Matt Cutts, I have to take another view.

1. How high up in the strategy of the company are the empowered spokespeople? I’m sure people like Matt believe what they’re saying, but it’s often hard to see the long-term strategies of the company if you aren’t on the Executive Committee. There’s also the impact of shareholders.

2. There’s a double-edge: Empowered SE employees are at once a source of information, but as likely to be a source of propaganda (within reasonable limits as impacted by being market-traded).

By: SEMFan

SEMFan — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:33:51 +0000

Those are only the popular Google properties…Google has also aquired many companies, (i.e. i forget, i think its a telephone system company, or something of that sort) holding private information.

By: GotanRaider

GotanRaider — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:33:31 +0000

When you are checking your web based gmail and you see google knows you are talking with your buddies about buying a car so they show you relevant car ads… you know something’s up.

Adsense, google analytics, feedburner, gmail, youtube, google desktop and I ran out of breath but the list keeps going. There’s no way out.

By: TannerC

TannerC — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:32:46 +0000

I seem to have a first-love type relationship with Google, but from reading from Matt Cutts and other Google employees I think we can sleep safe at night.

Google puts a lot into security of our information, I trust them and I think others should too.

The real question here is: when do we stop trusting them?

By: Sante

Sante — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:41:00 +0000

I think we’ve seen this all before with Microsoft back in the 90s – today Google is big and evil, everyone has forgotten what happened and how they actually got where they are today.

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