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Re: Google to Mandate User Tracking - No Opt Out

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reply to EGeezer

Re: Snoopers and miners

Already rooted. Google would have fun with my lookups on the phone as it's usually an number that winds up being a spammer.

Besides:
»www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Googl···+News%29

Let's see if they can move their butts for the consumer.

reply to mod_wastrel

Re: Google to Mandate User Tracking - No Opt Out

said by mod_wastrel:

I see it the other way around: they want to integrate G+ into everything... like a virus.

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reply to DrDrew

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reply to Noah Vail
Dear Google user,

We're getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that's a lot shorter and easier to read. Our new policy covers multiple products and features, reflecting our desire to create one beautifully simple and intuitive experience across Google.

We believe this stuff matters, so please take a few minutes to read our updated Privacy Policy and Terms of Service at »www.google.com/policies. These changes will take effect on March 1, 2012.

Easy to work across Google

Our new policy reflects a single product experience that does what you need, when you want it to. Whether you're reading an email that reminds you to schedule a family get-together or finding a favorite video that you want to share, we want to ensure you can move across Gmail, Calendar, Search, YouTube, or whatever your life calls for with ease.

Tailored for you

If you're signed into Google, we can do things like suggest search queries – or tailor your search results – based on the interests you've expressed in Google+, Gmail, and YouTube. We'll better understand which version of Pink or Jaguar you're searching for and get you those results faster.

Easy to share and collaborate

When you post or create a document online, you often want others to see and contribute. By remembering the contact information of the people you want to share with, we make it easy for you to share in any Google product or service with minimal clicks and errors.

Protecting your privacy hasn't changed

Our goal is to provide you with as much transparency and choice as possible, through products like Google Dashboard and Ads Preferences Manager, alongside other tools. Our privacy principles remain unchanged. And we'll never sell your personal information or share it without your permission (other than rare circumstances like valid legal requests).

Got questions?
We've got answers.

Visit our FAQ at »www.google.com/policies/faq to read more about the changes. (We figured our users might have a question or twenty-two.)

Notice of Change

March 1, 2012 is when the new Privacy Policy and Terms will come into effect. If you choose to keep using Google once the change occurs, you will be doing so under the new Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

(I have not ready any of this thread & may not either?)

reply to DrDrew

I use a loyalty card - but I costed out all chains with a card, and the one I use is quite a bit less expensive. If I find a cheaper one, I'll switch.

With ads - what's Google going to do about Amazon? Google can compete in some areas, but I can't buy tool accessories or kitchen gadgets from Google. If I use a friend's computer, and that friend doesn't use Google in any form, how can they track? I have other email accounts besides Gmail.

I'm sorta stuck since I have an Android phone. For some apps, my only other choice would be Apple. Unless I can get my hands on a Nokia N900 locally. I could run my Palm apps. If you use Blackberry, Apple, Symbian or Windows, you can't use Market. Sign out of Gmail.
There won't be any services on the phone.

I'm more concerned about the renewal of the jailbreaking permission. It's due for a vote again. I don't want Google telling me I have to unroot my phone. They can't track location on mine except by cell tower. I've frozen Maps, Telnav, and Latitude.

If amazon sends a purchase confirmation to your Gmail account, theoretically, it has been scanned and analyzed in order to send you more relevant ads.
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And that's been going on for many years now... and yet, I don't feel burdened by any of the promo offers I get in my "Inbox" (or whatever mailbox I filter them into). They're all of the nature: "Hi, it's us... want to buy some more stuff from us? how about this? pretty, pretty! yadda yadda blah blah blah" -- it's stuff I only see when I feel like it, if I feel like it (and, rarely, there's even something I find interesting). Basically, the organizations I do business with (even "free" ones [such as Google]) show some basic respect for their customers by legitimately identifying themselves properly in their emails (unlike spammers and phishers and such). Have people gotten so paranoid about "privacy" that information that has always been "public" or just essential details that someone you do business with has to know about you in order for them to actually do business with you is actually available to them? Google wants to scan my messages to tailor ads (which I never see by the way) in order to provide an excellent service [known as Gmail]? My response to Google: "knock yourself out". Their service is free... and I'm free to ignore any and all ads (that, again, I never see anyway).

Though, yes, people can opt out: don't use their service.

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reply to AVD
They could be better (and you've used the right word here - "better"). At least for those mail providers data mining is not their main stream of revenue (like for the Google and such). And in front of their customers they have a responsibility for the "mail service", not for a shadow business of the data mining.

Again, it's just "better" and, of course, doesn't guarantee anything. But even using a free mail provider, not associated with Google will help you to keep your data more or less private (separate). The worst case, obviously, is to use GMail to get those "courtesy" confirmation mails and to directly link them to your search requests, mapping points or interests, daily Navigation routes, Latitude tracking data, etc.
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Keep it simple, it'll become complex by itself...

reply to mod_wastrel
If you run your own mail service, you know who is spamming you. It's easy to do and it was discussed many times on this forum how to do that. Give every shop/service/bank personalized email address and watch what they do with that... Again, it's very easy to see i(and block) if someone starts to abuse your trust.
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Keep it simple, it'll become complex by itself...

I see so little spam (across all of my accounts), that it barely registers. It's not even a consideration.

reply to Noah Vail
well lets see here....does google allow back door trojans....example...listening to my playlists on my utoob channel and MSE goes nutz and haltz >>Exploit:JS/Blacole.BA
(?) in itz tracks......i'm behind my router......so my curiosty is piqued as 2where this little jerk came from....i'm also runnin' w7 and ffox9.........jd this begs the question as 2what am i missing
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