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I posted this earlier today on Facebook, which if you consider their policies is kind of funny. Quote:Before any of my even geekier friends tell me this is old news, I know that. But I haven't read a privacy policy in a couple years, and don't think I ever read Google's till this morning. I got an email this morning about the "new and improved" Google privacy policy. What really amazes me is how easily we slipped into such a state of non-privacy. Read the 'What we collect section" takes a few minutes only. Google's New Privacy Policy This document is very easy to read, which in its self says quite a bit, but just imagine how extensive of a profile could be generated on you with just a years worth of this data. ETA, George Orwell is the author of a book, "!984" about a dystopian future where the government monitors everything about your life through the agency of monitoring technology known as "Big Brother." If you're curious see this wikipedia page.
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Thanks for this, I had clicked on it yesterday before hardly registering its presence, let alone reading and agreeing to it. Orwellian indeed. And do we really trust these faceless corporations like Google anyway - would NOT clicking our agreement really make any difference? I suspect its just a PR front.
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Is the information collected if we don't sign in, or do they collect it for the computer that's used?
I don't like this either.
"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program." - Ronald Reagan
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Could "Google" be an acronym for something more sinister? I'm not good at making up acronyms, nor at figuring existing ones. Hopefully someone here has a knack for this?
I weary of these agreements we are forced to sign or forfeit our use of the web.
That's why I don't post on You-tube videos. I balked at signing their "agreement".
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I started using DuckDuckGo a while ago and I find it satisfying.
Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. Sartre
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B355E wrote:I started using DuckDuckGo a while ago and I find it satisfying. I've never heard of it!
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That's why I won't use Google. Instead, I use scroogle.org or any other search engine. Scroogle is my favorite, while it still is available.
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Found in my search for another search! ;)
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I use firefox mainly because of adblocker, Disconnect etc. but for some reason I never thought about google... I confess I didn't even read the new terms. These thing become such a part of your life you take things for granted.
I'm amazed at how different my search results are via DuckDuckGo.
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Quote:With the exception of the news hitting tech blogs and websites, there hasn't been much public outrage over Google's privacy policy change. But Markey* says that's because the public lacks a full understanding of the policy. NPR Story on Google's new policy.*Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, a senior Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Question authority, before it questions you. How do you know, that you know, what you know?
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