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- Str!ckland, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4They see you when you're sleeping, they know when you're awake. They know about the guy who looked up words like "neck, snap, break"
;) - AETAaAS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3We all knew that Google would soon become 'Big Brother', but as we view Google now, we dont care, theyre just a buncha friendly guys who gave us what we wanted. But what if there was something going on behind all this? 'Wolf in sheeps clothes', anyone?
- mikeazorin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Once Google gains control of all live information, they will control the earth by a simple blackmail system.
- mocheeze, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Seems like most people seem to forget that using Google is completely voluntary. Nobody is required to sign up for anything, nor are they even required to visit "www.google.com" in their browsers.
- BitSlash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yah. I bet Google spys on me while I write comments about Google spying on me.
- danlin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3you can always count on the GFBs (googlefanboys) come quickly to their defense. ignorance is bliss....
btw, using google is voluntary just as using mswindows is voluntary. - durrty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Chalk up the response to this story with the usual digger response.
+ Everything Google does is not only somehow news "OMG GOOGLE JUST REGISTERED ANOTHER DOMAIN NAME, L33T" but can do no wrong.
"We all knew that Google would soon become 'Big Brother', but as we view Google now, we dont care, theyre just a buncha friendly guys who gave us what we wanted."
Please, people, Google is a company. They only exist to create a profit, not a open-source charity group.
Need you be reminded that Google sold out to the Chinese gov't about censoring content, because that was the most profitable option. - vigil, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ahh, the daily tin foil hat story. What would digg be like if we didn't have these?
Guess what folks, not new news...if you don't like it you don't have to use it. And while you're at it why not severe your phone lines, drop your internet connection, and move to a shack in the woods to get away from "The Man." - lando305, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you want privacy, GET OFF THE INTERNET, shut down ur pc, throw it away and go lock yourself in the closet! There is no such thing as privacy anymore.
- braden.beer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What do you have to hide, really? It's not like Google is going to use this information to tear down our measly lives. OHNOEZ, GOOGLE KNOWS THAT I'M CHEATING ON MY WIFE, WHAT WILL THEY DO'Z WITH TEH INFORMATIONZ???!!!111omgogmgogm
Seriously, I worked at a cell phone insurance company and I handled SSN's, Addresses, Credit Cards, you name it, and they aren't pulling crap behind people's backs.
You guys are all paranoid. Of course, some may say I'm a google fanboy, which may be true, but I still don't think Google, as a company, is going to misuse the information. - dude3609, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Yea I know google is across the street from. No they are on the second floor of 111 8th Ave, New York, NY, 10011, they are about to light up there DARK FIBER network."
North california in about a 60million dollar facility. - neofactor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Side Note>
Sucks you have a post to a site that requires you sign up to read things. It may not have been that way at the time you posted but it sure is now.
Here is a user and pass for those that want to actually read the article:
u: leavemealone@leavemealone.com
p: passw0rd - cheese06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i love the double standard. if microsoft was spying on you, everyone would be like wtf I SUEZ DEM. if google does it its, eh who cares?
- dylanA, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why cant Google just hurry up and take over the world already?
- SkepticalJS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I for one welcome our new Google overlords.
- laughterkillsme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I doubt google is going to do anything bad with this information ... but if in the future google's higher ups become as dumb as Sony this could become a real problem.
Data mining gives you better service .. but at what cost? - danlin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1here is my theory about google fan boys (GFBs) on digg:
im guessing that many of the GFBs here are also digg fan boys (DFBs) as well as krose fan boys (KRFBs). They listen religiously every week on diggnation and twit of krose's opinion on how great google is. They just cant imagine disagreeing with their favorite and oh-so-dreamy geek who has dated, and is dating, the 2 girls they will never talk to, touch, date, or even get near without getting a restraining order slapped across their face.
But stop and think for a second..... 100% of Digg.com's current revenue comes in a form of a monthly check.
From no other than Google Adsense. - ZynX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1These things are driven by market forces. I am no googlefanboy. Its in google's own interest not to misuse the information. Else, once it loses the faith and trust it has gained over the years will erode in no time. Its their policy of "Do no Evil" along with awesome services that has made them popular. So much for their services that even yahoo and msft have started "copying"/emulating what once google pioneered.
- Sixcolors, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Who isn't watching me?
- peerk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh no!
Google knows I do a google image search for "Kevin Rose nude" every day! - mousky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Veteranrager:
I'm no Google fanboy, nor am I anti-MS, but it bugs me when people like you make uninformed comments about companies.
How is it an invasion privacy when one voluntarily agrees to their terms and privacy policy when using any Google service? Does Google dominate the search engine market. Yes. But almost one-half of internet searches are perfomed on sites other than Google. That hardly qualifies Google as a monopoly.
As to taking over everything like Microsoft, please tell me what other areas does Google dominate other than searches and newsgroups? I'm waiting. - drysz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I for one welcome our new masters: Google & Walmart = Googlemart.
- mikeroySoft, on 10/19/2009, -0/+0I wonder what kind of profiles they could build on Digger's dugg stories?
So whats this say kids? The Internet is OPEN. Welcome to the new community, where everyone has a peep hole in your bathroom! - Baeck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I always feel like somebody's watching me and I have no privacy.
- Niels, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0just use fake name, fake address, fake everything.... Done!
- heydigital, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0And people are worried about Microsoft...
- maciejm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't care. I have nothing to hide and I am not afraid of them having all information about my Internet behavior..
- apollo13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The upcoming google releases would be...
01. Google Porn Beta
02. Google Governance Beta
03. Google Lobbying Beta
04. Google Escorts Beta
05. Google I know what you last Summer Beta...
06. Google What else left ...??? - Osiriscky3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0does it really matter... I read your email too.
no digg - CatfishJones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nothing really new, but worth a digg if only to get people thinking.
- gusatron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0thanks neofactor, i didn't want to give them my gmail account
- Amigaice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm so scared google can read my spam. They really want to know my every move. :( LOL
- davefaris, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0They're standing right behind you, and they have an axe!!!1!
- apotropaic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OMG... so what if they keep track of what I do online using THEIR FREE services?? They are providing a FREE service that if you WANT (not have) to use, you let them keep track of...OMG what you clicked!! AHH!!! I hate stupid privacy parnoid dumbasses!
- engy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this doesn't scare me so much as the possiblity of the government one day integrating into googles database. Not that they don't already have their fingers in all this for "homeland security" but at least, so far, I don't know about it. -.-
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Just about the same things can be said of your cell phone company...
They know your social sec. #, home address, and everyone you've called or that's called you.
So what? Google is an ad company, not Big Brother. The most you have to worry about is google getting into the mailing list business, and selling your info to advertisers, not blackmailing you, for goodness sake...
I wish they'd try to blackmail me... it be nice to own google. - AdamWillis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0well duh, googles gonna become EPIC.
- shade73, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i don't get it .. .so people actually put in real information into login forms?? who r these people and why are they stupid? ;)
- mousky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I appreciate the irony that one has to register in order to read this article. Who else is watching us? Oh well, good thing we have bugmenot.com.
- DukeofBurl, on 07/09/2008, -0/+0I hear Google is a pretty cool company to work for. They are gaining enormous power though! I should know.
http://www.marketwithartemis.com - techgnostic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nothing new here folks. Although, honestly, does Google really care what you wrote in your email to dear old Mom or college buddies. Not really. However, it is true that Google will be the dominating force on and off-line. Here's what you need to do:
1) Buy stock in GOOG
2) Use every Google service you posibly can.
3) Welcome your new master. - sohlemac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well, I'm willing to submit to my benignly evil overlords at Google.
- mousky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Chosenone:
"Not to mention that Google has an agreement with the US government that they can access your Gmail at any given time without consent. It's all in their Terms & Conditions."
Care to show us where in their Terms of Service and Privacy Policy it says that? - Eyot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah. I bet Google spys on us when were asleep.
- OutcastJiob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Um, I knew Google collected information about me when I signed up . . how many years ago?
Listen, everyone, their 'data-collecting' is by consent only. You don't want them reading your Gmail? Guess what? It was in the Terms of Service (or some other agreement). Solution: if you want private email, don't use Gmail. I'll continue using Gmail because frankly, I don't give a crap if they see what I use Gmail for. If they log my search results; eh, big deal. What're they gonna do with it?
I say all this and I am a civil libertarian. Why? Because there's an enormous difference between Google collecting information with my consent and Big Brother watching. - rileyjt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Maybe Google is really a government agency backed by the NSA?
- amitpagarwal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You can actually block Google Analytics from tracking your website.
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/11/prevent-google-analytics-from-tracking.html - Fallout75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ha! My point exactly. One of my older podcasts was about this, the title was: "Is Google Big Brother". Check it out: http://www.incenseprayer.com/di/2005/04/transmission-id-04-20-2005.html
- wingo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"they know your social security"
-No DiGG from me.
If you tell a secret it is nolonger a secret to you or that person. - ejp1082, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Your credit card company knows every purchase that you make and can track your movements by following those purchases.
Your cell phone company tracks every call you make - who you call, when you call, how long you're on the phone for, and where you make the call from.
Then let's not forget about the credit reporting agencies that you don't even directly do business with, but still know everything about you.
If you live or work in a major city, your image is captured upwards of 300 times a day by various security and video surveillance systems.
And people are worried that Google, which only tracks what you do online, for the purpose of delivering more relevant ads and better search results? -
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