this is getting waaay OT but my last words is the integration bit between google apps back to search.
"I sure as hell don't want to know what kind of sites your into" LOL! lets not go *there* eh, Matt? EG: hyperthetically, Gmail knows all the domains my emails arrive from. This could be used for targeted "suggestions" within Google for searching....add my searches with Google Earth on Europe and the next thing you know I'm getting search hits for nuclear physics because I get mail relating to "Cold Fusion"... and then the secret service (ASIO) turns up on my door step claiming I'm a terrorist ready to attack Kassel, Germany... On 1/5/06, M@ Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I'm getting a bit "concerned" about the "big brother" aspect of Google > >and personal data it can (potentionally) hold. > > > >eg: I was surprised that my default google page is still ".co.uk" even > >tho I'm on a new machine and back in Australia (ie: ".com.au"). It > >followed me all around Europe like that. The connection (I think)? > >Google reads my Gmail cookie, works out who I am and resets the > >default Google locale cookie to my profile (ie: it automatically > >changed my locale profile in London and hasn't changed it back for > >Australia). Sure this particular case is a minor issue by itself but > >it shows the interconnection between Google apps and the potential for > >abuse...and ppl are worried about M$...! > > lol not this google is going to be evil crud, > solution is simple, don't use google > google is number 1 because of its coolness factor, the minute it starts to > abuse peoples private data is the minute the company starts to crash, it > will not be an abuser because they know what'll happen when they start. > if your worried they know what kind of sites your looking at then I sure as > hell don't want to know what kind of sites your into :S > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the > email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting > (www.cfxhosting.com). > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
