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!!!
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Frank <
francis.earl@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com>wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Frank <francis.earl@gmail.com> 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.
>
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