I know what it's about, yeah it's about selling shit, targeted advertising and
then covering their asses ("Sir, you checked off the permission box. You really
should have read all 38 paragraphs before you clicked 'download this app'.")
I don't have anything to hide from Google and I'm not paranoid.
Much.
I guess that I simply resent that the technology exists. The fact that Google
openly uses it means that someone is covertly doing so. They may have bought
the damned programme from Google, hired a former Google employee to make it for
them, reverse engineered it somehow or maybe just got the idea from Google.
Whatever the case may be, I resent that Google makes money this way and don't
want to be a part of it any more than I no doubt already am (without my consent
or knowledge).
Orwell got it wrong. Big Brother isn't The Government it's Big Business. They
control more of our lives in more ways than he ever imagined they could in 1984.
So that's why I'm not downloading the Google+ app for my phone. I know I'm
probably just pissing into the wind but it's not supposed to be healthy to hold
it in...
;-)
cheers,
frank
--- Original Message ---
From: John Sessoms <[email protected]>
Sent: December 27, 2011 12/27/11
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Bad news for Frank
From: "Bob W"
>> He doesn't worry me. In fact I'm probably the reason he needs two
>> knarfs.
>>
>> I almost downloaded the Google+ app for my android, until I read
>> the permissions. I stopped at the one where I give the app
>> permission to track my phone calls, including who I call and for
>> how long.
>>
> it's vitally important that they know this sort of thing, so they can
> sell you and your friends more useless shit.
It's just CYA stuff put in there by the lawyers, intended to head off
any hypothetical future lawsuits.
How would Google+ know when you want to post something if they don't
"monitor" your phone activity? Do they listen in and steal your trade
secrets and shit like that? Or do they just check the headers to see if
it's meant for them and discard what isn't?
Google+ don't care who you talk to. All they care about is whether
something you're doing on your phone is meant to go on your Google+ ...
and not getting sued for any of the technical crap they have to do to
make that possible.
And "Big Brother" ain't gonna' ask you to agree to TOS. When they want
to track your phone calls to find out who you're talking to - or read
your email; monitor the websites you visit; check up who your friends
are on Facebook - they got their own secret court with their own secret
judge to give them their own secret warrant for the wiretap surveillance.
Canada does it, the UK does it and the US does it - the only difference
being the US can get the warrant AFTER they've already done the wiretap.
I don't think Canada or the UK have to.
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