Google owns you (and me too)
“Given Google’s overwhelming popularity, chances are that most consumers are going to put their privacy on the line. “
In what way do they own us?
What we search (Google Search), what we chat (Google Talk), what directions we look for (Google Maps), what email we exchange (Google Mail), what events we might have (Google Calendar), what feeds we read (Google Reader), what videos we watch (YouTube), what things we buy (Google Checkout), what things we have in our desktop (Google Desktop), and at a much lesser extend here in the U.S., our social network (Google Orkut).
See Is It OK that Google Owns Us? (eWeek)
I do hope Google sticks to their Do no Evil philosophy. But knowing history, what are the chances that such philosophy will change, or that information will end up in the wrong place with the wrong people? Very likely…
ceo
Agree with you!
Very likely!!!
Google is already violating our privacy, take Gmail for example: when you read your emails at you Gmail account, Google provides Google Adsense matching keywords from your emails!