Scanning your documents is much different then what was asserted. The poster claimed that "Google wants to scan your data so they can take your ideas and make money off of them before you can" (emphasis mine).
Either misinformed or just making stuff up then obviously. I've always felt it better to research what I don't know anything about rather than posting misinformation or outright FUD. Yes, there's a lot of stuff I have to look up too. 8-)
You don't even need to search for little known court cases. Google is right upfront about what they collect and how it's treated. It's not a secret. https://support.google.com/a/answer/60762?hl=en
Yes, that's Google for you. Always honest and upfront:
...that detail deliberate, regular, and repeated behaviour disregarding, not only privacy, but quite a few other important principles as well.
Piss off to GoogleInsider, GoogleGuy.
I suppose making stuff up rather than looking stuff up may make sense for some folks. I personally prefer knowing the facts when they're available.
As I recall I took Google to task over that particular issue myself more than once, not particularly buying their claim that it was accidental. Unfortunately for attorneys there's no evidence that proves they're not telling the truth.
Worse there's nothing illegal about ignoring DoNotTrack preferences anyway which is why it's very often ignored by advertisers, data aggregators, other search providers and "consumer research" companies. Many of them have publicly stated they will ignore the preference.
EDIT: Appreciate the effort you made to offer a link to the article at TechCrunch. It was surprisingly friendly to Google's position too so it was unexpected to see you mention it.
I suppose making stuff up rather than looking stuff up may make sense for some folks. I prefer knowing the facts when they're available. As I recall I took Google to task over that particular issue myself, not particularly buying their claim that it was accidental. Unfortunately for attorneys there's no evidence that proves they're not telling the truth.
Ironic then, that so much stuff seems to be 'made up' about one company. Repeatedly. Over a lengthy period of time.
just wait for yahoo to acquire dropbox to get a foot in the door.
Dropbox is on the road to an IPO and their valuation is pretty high, especially with their recent investment round. I think prohibitively high for Yahoo to purchase. Also, there isn't much of a value add to the direction Marissa Mayer is taking Yahoo.
People make up lots of stuff about Apple. I don't believe everything I hear and I'm sure you don't either.
Oh wait, you were talking about Google. . .
I fail to see how Apple is a topic in regards to Google's privacy violations.
Please feel free to go through that entire list in 'Criticisms of Google' and explain how poor, innocent Google has just been unfairly set upon by third parties.
In the meantime, while the rest of us are waiting for you to get back to us (I mean, any realistic, properly researched, response is going to take a least a few days, right? ), here's a joke to amuse the rest of us:
I fail to see how Apple is a topic in regards to Google's privacy violations.
Please feel free to go through that entire list in 'Criticisms of Google' and explain how poor, innocent Google has just been unfairly set upon by third parties.
In the meantime, while the rest of us are waiting for you to get back to us (I mean, any realistic, properly researched, response is going to take a least a few days, right? ) here's a joke to amuse the rest of us:
What do Google and Hitler have in common?
They are both just victims of bad press.
You do realize the same source has a "Criticisms of Apple" page.
I've not ever said there's not legitimate concerns about some Google practices especially since I've complained about some myself. What you should really find odd tho is there's apparently so few legitimate ones that some here have to come up with imaginary creations just to avoid being redundant.
Oh, and Googleguy, by the way, prepare to be upset when, on the off chance you ARE able to refute all of the criticisms against Google, that many of us continue to refuse to use their services.
Explanations of how Google is innocent and misunderstood pronto, please!
LOL. . .
I've got a teenage son who only hears what he want to hear so I've got some experience figuring out when to take the time to be helpful and when it's just wasted effort. In this case I think the effort would be wasted.
[SIZE=14px]Oh, and Googleguy, by the way, prepare to be upset when, on the off chance you ARE able to refute all of the criticisms against Google, that many of us continue to refuse to use their services.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14px]Sorry about that.[/SIZE]
I block their tracking and targeted ad efforts myself for the most part, but not at all ashamed to use their services when it benefits me. I don't own stock in 'em so whether you use them or not really has zero effect. I still find them to be the best search provider.
LOL. . .
I've got a teenage son who only hears what he want to hear so I've got some experience figuring out when to take the time to be helpful and when it's just wasted effort. In this case I think the effort would be wasted.
Why use so many letters for the expression "I can't"?
Why use so many letters for the expression "I can't"?
Google can be trusted, as proven by Gatorguy:
Myth busted.
I really was looking forward more to your typically funny one-liners. Your last few posts seem to be unusually personal and aggressive. Any particular reason?
Wake me up when someone makes a tablet with 1TB internal storage
I work for a local authority. None of our servers have a TB of storage, the servers are on average about 350gb and we have about 5 servers. How much data do you need to keep on your tablet?
Go back to 1994. 1GB drives were huge. Basically the largest available, right?
Fast forward to 2004. 1TB drives had just come out. 1000x larger.
And now in 2014, we have… 4TB. Where are our Petabyte drives? What happened here? I mean, even 10TB seems like a meaningful thought, but nothing. Nada.
It think it is just a symptom of most of the R&D moving to flash storage technology to support mobile. There were advancements in magnetic, but no where near as impressive. Flash went through the same huge growth cycle by gaining storage capacity, reducing physical size, increasing performance, and reducing price.
I really was looking forward more to your typically funny one-liners. Your last few posts seem to be unusually personal and aggressive. Any particular reason?
It's like 4 AM in Australia, actually 8 AM, maybe he hasn't had his coffee yet.
Ah, that might feed into it. I'm not at my best at 4am.
EDIT: 8am then? My day starts at 5:30. By 8 I've killed at least 4 cups, maybe 6. I'm definitely a coffee guy, so its great they've found health benefits to it. Why cut back now, more must be better right?
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Either misinformed or just making stuff up then obviously. I've always felt it better to research what I don't know anything about rather than posting misinformation or outright FUD. Yes, there's a lot of stuff I have to look up too. 8-)
Yes, that's Google for you. Always honest and upfront:
http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/18/google-pays-17-million-settlement-over-no-harm-browser-privacy-violations/
Invasion of an individual's privacy no harm, my ass.
It staggers me how you consistently attempt to promote Google as a company that respects privacy.
Especially when we have nice lengthy articles like this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google
...that detail deliberate, regular, and repeated behaviour disregarding, not only privacy, but quite a few other important principles as well.
Piss off to GoogleInsider, GoogleGuy.
I suppose making stuff up rather than looking stuff up may make sense for some folks. I personally prefer knowing the facts when they're available.
As I recall I took Google to task over that particular issue myself more than once, not particularly buying their claim that it was accidental. Unfortunately for attorneys there's no evidence that proves they're not telling the truth.
Worse there's nothing illegal about ignoring DoNotTrack preferences anyway which is why it's very often ignored by advertisers, data aggregators, other search providers and "consumer research" companies. Many of them have publicly stated they will ignore the preference.
EDIT: Appreciate the effort you made to offer a link to the article at TechCrunch. It was surprisingly friendly to Google's position too so it was unexpected to see you mention it.
Ironic then, that so much stuff seems to be 'made up' about one company. Repeatedly. Over a lengthy period of time.
Where's there's smoke, there's fire.
just wait for yahoo to acquire dropbox to get a foot in the door.
Dropbox is on the road to an IPO and their valuation is pretty high, especially with their recent investment round. I think prohibitively high for Yahoo to purchase. Also, there isn't much of a value add to the direction Marissa Mayer is taking Yahoo.
Yeah but - Dropbox doesn't scan your data and make use of that.
Google should give cloud storage away; for you giving them the opportunity of scanning your files.People make up lots of stuff about Apple. I don't believe everything I hear and I'm sure you don't either.
Oh wait, you were talking about Google. . .
I fail to see how Apple is a topic in regards to Google's privacy violations.
Please feel free to go through that entire list in 'Criticisms of Google' and explain how poor, innocent Google has just been unfairly set upon by third parties.
In the meantime, while the rest of us are waiting for you to get back to us (I mean, any realistic, properly researched, response is going to take a least a few days, right?
What do Google and Hitler have in common?
They are both just victims of bad press.
You do realize the same source has a "Criticisms of Apple" page.
I've not ever said there's not legitimate concerns about some Google practices especially since I've complained about some myself. What you should really find odd tho is there's apparently so few legitimate ones that some here have to come up with imaginary creations just to avoid being redundant.
Stop trying to change the topic.
Explanations of how Google is innocent and misunderstood pronto, please!
What?
Oh, and Googleguy, by the way, prepare to be upset when, on the off chance you ARE able to refute all of the criticisms against Google, that many of us continue to refuse to use their services.
Sorry about that.
Anyone tried Mega? (50gb free)
LOL. . .
I've got a teenage son who only hears what he want to hear so I've got some experience figuring out when to take the time to be helpful and when it's just wasted effort. In this case I think the effort would be wasted.
I block their tracking and targeted ad efforts myself for the most part, but not at all ashamed to use their services when it benefits me. I don't own stock in 'em so whether you use them or not really has zero effect. I still find them to be the best search provider.
Why use so many letters for the expression "I can't"?
Google can be trusted, as proven by Gatorguy:
Myth busted.
I really was looking forward more to your typically funny one-liners. Your last few posts seem to be unusually personal and aggressive. Any particular reason?
I work for a local authority. None of our servers have a TB of storage, the servers are on average about 350gb and we have about 5 servers. How much data do you need to keep on your tablet?
I’ve been wondering something recently.
Go back to 1994. 1GB drives were huge. Basically the largest available, right?
Fast forward to 2004. 1TB drives had just come out. 1000x larger.
And now in 2014, we have… 4TB. Where are our Petabyte drives? What happened here? I mean, even 10TB seems like a meaningful thought, but nothing. Nada.
It think it is just a symptom of most of the R&D moving to flash storage technology to support mobile. There were advancements in magnetic, but no where near as impressive. Flash went through the same huge growth cycle by gaining storage capacity, reducing physical size, increasing performance, and reducing price.
It's like 4 AM in Australia, actually 8 AM, maybe he hasn't had his coffee yet.
Ah, that might feed into it. I'm not at my best at 4am.
EDIT: 8am then? My day starts at 5:30. By 8 I've killed at least 4 cups, maybe 6. I'm definitely a coffee guy, so its great they've found health benefits to it. Why cut back now, more must be better right?