Why I won't be participating in Google's "Project Fi"
Google has announced their (long rumored) "Project Fi" mobile service
experiment:
Say hi to Fi: A new way to say hello:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/04/project-fi.html
In answer to many questions, no, I am not participating in this
experiment (though I do believe the experiment itself is interesting
and potentially worthwhile). First off, I don't have a (currently
required) Nexus 6. Secondly, I am disinclined to participate in such
experiments until such a time as Google shows more concern for the
*vast* numbers of Android users on older devices who have been
abandoned to significant security problems without even proactive
notifications and existing workarounds being provided to them by
Google. The way Google has treated this major segment of the Android
user population has frankly been shameful. (Full disclosure, I've
consulted to Google.)
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
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