> Google makes all their money mining your personal information. Not interest
> in Google at all.
Google makes money by selling ads; google sells ads by good matching
on search terms to relevant documents.
Google could probably give Watson a run for its money.
A while back, the U.S. government made a demand of "Give us everyone's
search records" to all the major search companies. Google was the only
one that said "no". ("Bing" was not around at that time). I trust
Google more than any other search engine for this reason alone.
I have paid attention to the Google privacy policy for Documents and
Mail, as well as the general Google privacy policy. It sure looks like
they do not sell your personal information at all.
If I missed something, please let me know: what makes you think that
Google makes money by mining your information?
Yes, Google does have that ability; yes, it is scary that there is no
law protecting you, despite a recognized 9th amendment right to
privacy; yes, it is scary that courts have ruled that you voluntarily
and knowingly give up that right to privacy when you go online. Heck,
it's scary that courts have ruled that when you call someone, you know
if they have a non-secure radio phone and know that you have no
expectation of privacy. "Expectation of privacy" is something that
courts should ask Juries, or ordinary people; instead, we have judges
saying what ordinary people know and expect with no evidence. (Hmm,
looks like another blog topic to research and post.)
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