Don't be evil (Google)

Sunday, March 7, 2010 by tazgecko | Discussion: Personal Computing

Hungry Beast's take on Google, makes you think!

 

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Jafo
Reply #21 Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:47 PM

Google is no different than any other company in any industry.

It's 1984 and Google is The Ministry Of Information.

The future lies with the Proles.

Fear not...it's all double-plus ungood.

starkers
Reply #22 Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:13 AM

It's 1984 and Google is The Ministry Of Information.

Just as well that's not THE 'ministry' .... like you go to confession and next thiing yer affair with Mrs. ***** is common internet knowledge.

Combined with the search results detailing yer most intimate medical history (IBS, haemorrhoids and that peculiar rash on yer scrotum), yer life's just not yer own anymore, is it?

RPGFX
Reply #23 Monday, March 15, 2010 11:00 AM

What's funny about all this is that everyone is so worried that your lies and cheats will be brought out.  The best way to avoid that?  Don't lie and cheat!  If Google is responsible for someone getting caught cheating on their wife, good.  The bastard should have not cheated and he would have nothing to worry about.

But again, you're all just paranoid.  It's kind of funny, really.

DrJBHL
Reply #24 Monday, March 15, 2010 11:26 AM

Paranoia will get you through times of no enemies better than enemies will get you through times of no paranoia.

starkers
Reply #25 Monday, March 15, 2010 10:57 PM

What's funny about all this is that everyone is so worried that your lies and cheats will be brought out.

Me, worried about my lies and cheats coming out on Google?  You betcha I am. I'll bet my bottom dollar that Google has assigned s part of its lab to disprove my claims regarding curried cabbage.  They're trying to discredit me... in the hope that nobody will listen when I tell the truth about how evil they are.  Obviously they haven't been able to disprove it... the lab test subject are likely 'barking' away to their hearts content, as should be expected.

BTW, the bit about the confession and the affair with Mrs, ****** was a bit of tongue-in-cheek to suggest that Google sees nothing as sacred... not even a confession.

Don't lie and cheat! If Google is responsible for someone getting caught cheating on their wife, good.

While I agree with this in part - serves the bastard right if he got caught - but I can not agree with Google data mining and storing intimately personal information to serve it up on the web to anyone and everyone who may or may not be interested.  In other industries/forms of media, Google's information gathering tactics/methods would be in clear violation of several countries privacy acts... but they get away with it because governments and law enforcement love to google.

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