They could also raise and finance an army to invade your home directly. I'm not worried about that either and this thread is now going on auto-delete. On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 6:41 AM, keith smith wrote: > > > --- On Fri, 2/12/10, Frank wrote: > > > From: Frank > > Subject: Re: Who Wants High Speed Fiber Connections in PHX? > > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > > Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 1:01 AM > > > > > > 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. > > ------------------------------- > > Censorship, loss of privacy, same side of the coin. My original point was > that Google is the biggest search engine. It has been reported that they > know all our Internet habits. If they get into connectivity and they get a > large market share they can selectively censor you. If you are for gay > rights and they are not they can simply add a few points to your ranking to > move you to page 3, 4, 5.... instead of a natural page 1 ranking. They can > impact elections. They can hide things that we need to know about while > highlighting things that are not of importance. They would have the power > to put you out of business if you rely on the Internet for your leads. This > becomes more of an issue with newspapers going bankrupt, and the Yellow Book > going out of style, while people are turning more to the Internet for their > information. > > I'm not saying this is happening, however the potential is there. > > Our founding Fathers gave us the Bill-of-Rights for a reason. They lived > through oppression and did not want it to happen in the "Several States" > that is now the USA. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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