Laughing Man
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I still like Google a lot more than any other company listed in this article. |
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en102
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| While I'm no fan of Google's data collection and mining - they are at least open about it compared to others in the article.
MS - Has enough money to plow competitors under if they don't play with them (hint Netscape)
Comcast - Anti Net neutrality
AT&T - Will give your data if you flash a badge.
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with their biggest critic (particularly on privacy issues) now being AT&T.
Yeah - AT&T vs. Google on privacy ... I don't particularly like Google's search tools which fetch results on each keystroke, nor do I like their gmail content reading + Ad delivery method on emails. AT&T - they'll just give your info away and claim it was done in the interest of national security, and will not comment on it.
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pnh102
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sholling
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Microsoft has long thought that they had a god given right to be the only non-hardware technology company. They've always taken the approach that if they can't beat a competitor by copying their product then they'd buy them, or in this case turn to the government to "protect" their god given turf.
Micro$oft should just be told to shut up and go home and work on fixing their own products.
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en102
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I think it may be more of a 'concern' than a violation.
AT&T's may have been more of a violation - clouded by NSA policy. Google's is more of a concern - as unencrypted data (for the most part) is transmitted across the internet for gmail info (storing drafts), and the use of any personal information. While there may not be any violations, it does give one an the impression that Google wants to snoop your generic data and post related ads to it - I am not aware of a legality against this, however, I'm sure that Consumerist would disagree.
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Lowtarget
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I enjoy using Google for searching what I'm looking for. Since Google is known as the biggest search engine. I don't think they will be going anywhere anytime soon.
If Google was to shut down. I'm sure that would hurt some websites as for getting web hits. |
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Slow Motion
join:2001-04-05
Timmonsville, SC | reply to Laughing Man
Bill Gates wants to own the world................
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xsiddalx
join:2005-03-11
Chicago, IL
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said by pnh102  :I still fail to understand how Google's products/services cause any privacy violations since people have to agree to use them. Yeah, most of us read and understand the legal print added to our mortgages, credit cards, health insurance policies, etc... (sarcasm)
Some of us still use google because they were just a search engine funded by public dollars.
We got spoiled.
They suck more and more each year....their goal seems less about search and more about ad delivery and becoming the new television box (they seem to have finally killed off their dejanews purchase - everything diverted to ad crap)
Back to privacy...how would anyone effectively say no? |
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xsiddalx
join:2005-03-11
Chicago, IL
·AT&T Yahoo
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said by Laughing Man :I still like Google a lot more than any other company listed in this article. Why? |
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Laughing Man
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| I don't have to try Comcast to know that I end up getting screwed by them, not that they are even available out here. Microsoft lost my support after Vista, that might change once I'm able to try out the Windows 7 beta though. Finally, AT&T is the only major ISP in my area, and as such tend to neglect my area. From my point of view this leaves Google relatively nice. |
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xsiddalx
join:2005-03-11
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How does google differ? Re: And Yet
said by sholling :Microsoft has long thought that they had a god given right to be the only non-hardware technology company. They've always taken the approach that if they can't beat a competitor by copying their product then they'd buy them, or in this case turn to the government to "protect" their god given turf. Micro$oft should just be told to shut up and go home and work on fixing their own products. How does Google differ?
They knew search at once, they now know ad services.
Google has bought up it's share of companies, to enhance the above (ads), picasso, grand central...up to this point, what has Google really done other than develop an ad network?
MS could do the same and piss people off but MS caters more to Corporate Dollars.
Google, MS, ATT, Verizon, Yahoo...
"Google should just be told to shut up and go home and work on fixing their own products." Wait...they don't need to...everything is in beta and what isn't is someone else's programming.....sorta sounds like M$
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