On Dec 27, 2011, at 11:45 PM, [email protected] wrote: > 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
Google already knows where you are and what you do since you have their phone. Joining Google+ doesn't change that one bit. It just lets you see the list guy's photos -- and lots of other good ones as well. Google knows where you are because their GPS monitors your actions. I have an android phone as well and find that to be a good thing. When I want to drive to Burlngton, Iowa, Google can tell me exactly how to do that because they know where I am. When Grace wants to go to McDonalds, I can find the closest one, because Google knows where I am. They boogey man has yet to show up on my doorstep. Paul > > --- 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. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
