On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Hmmm, original post and 10 replies. And the only message on topic is the > original question to which no one gave a response. Very sad!!! > I think this is all on topic: having Google as an ISP in the Valley would give them the same access to our data as Cox currently has (in my case.) > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Frank wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Frank wrote: >>> > It really isn't any different to ISP's knowledge of our online >>> activities >>> > now... I think its actually better since Google is fully upfront about >>> their >>> > access to our online activities! >>> > Privacy is important, but on the internet, we've never had it... I >>> don't >>> > really understand the uproar directed at Google, if anything, its >>> better >>> > that so much is stored in one place... the more there is, the harder it >>> is >>> > to track unless they have good reason. If you're doing nothing illegal >>> on >>> > the internet, I don't see why people worry? >>> >>> If it were financially feasible to do so, it sounds like you would >>> have no problem with a having a police officer follow you and watch >>> you 24/7. After all, you would not do anything illegal, right? >>> >> >> We already have cameras on us almost anywhere we go, FBI also can tap your >> phone for a wide variety of reasons. Your television habits are tracked too, >> else how do they get ratings? I don't see people stopping their use of >> phones and TV, or not going on freeways or to public places due to privacy? >> Internet privacy is very similar in many ways to both of these, unless we're >> doing something wrong, we know they're not singling us out. >> >> Your statement even points this out, it simply isn't feasible to track and >> monitor everything each person does online, there is simply too much data! >> With it all going to one source, it makes this even less feasible. AdSense >> and friends use your data in certain algorithms, but there isn't an actual >> person taking time out of their day to see what news articles you read today >> or what you downloaded yesterday. >> >> I understand most people are much more private than me, but I personally >> worry more about things like censorship compared to privacy... I simply >> don't have much to hide. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. > - Thomas Jefferson > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >