Not sure about Google

[Lamplighter]

I assume that's not a threat , but I don't understand the dept of emotion.

In anycase, I started this sub-thread with the recent announcements by Google.
FaceBook is also going further down the same road...


TechCrunch
10/10/13
Facebook Removing Option To Be Unsearchable By Name,
Highlighting Lack Of Universal Privacy Controls

“Who can look up your Timeline by name?” Anyone you haven’t blocked.<snip>

Facebook is removing this privacy setting, notifying those who
had hidden themselves that they’ll be searchable.
It deleted the option from those who hadn’t used it in December,
and is starting to push everyone to use privacy controls on each type of content they share.
But there’s no one-click opt out of Facebook search.

With the roll out of Graph Search, the avenues for sniffing out someone’s profile
grew exponentially. Basically every piece of personal information
(and soon the content you post about) could bring you up in a search.
If you publicly list that you live in San Francisco, a Graph Search for
“People who live in San Francisco” could lead someone to your profile.<snip>

After that, the way people can stay hidden is to manually restrict
the visibility of each piece of their profile. And that is a bit of a chore.
You’d have to go through every piece of personal information in
your About section and set its visibility to ‘Friends’ or ‘Only me’.
At least Facebook provides a quick way to restrict the visibility of all your old News Feed posts.

For people with stalkers, though, Facebook may have just gotten a bit more dangerous.
Facebook tells me the way to keep a specific person from finding your profile
or viewing any of your content is to block them.
But what if your stalker just signs up for a fake profile with a new name?
Then they could search and find you.

[BigV]

I think it would be useful to think about Google, Facebook, et al in light of this aphorism:

If you're not a paying customer, you're the product.

[Clodfobble]

Just like broadcast radio, the majority of websites, and anyone else who operates solely on ad revenue.

[Undertoad]

Reddit nails it:

Google isn't using your information to advertise random products, they're taking reviews that you've created on G+ and publishing them.

I'm sorry, but when was the last time that you put a review on the internet intending for no one to read it?

[limey]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

My quarrel with Facebook ... is/was with the idea that
they are selling "you" without compensating you for the resource ...

The compensation is that I get the social interactions from FB ...


Sent by thought transference

[wolf]

So, anybody know how long between seeing the Google car and the street View image going live? I waved.

[InfiniteIce]

They edit people out before they render it to the live server.

[Big Sarge]

Originally Posted by InfiniteIce

They edit people out before they render it to the live server.

They are going to erase Wolf? OMG!!!

[xoxoxoBruce]

No, they just blur faces.

[Lamplighter]

Does anyone care about about regulation of European “internet competition rules” ?

I don’t… A pox on both their houses…

Microsoft, Once an Antitrust Target, Is Now Google’s Regulatory Scold
NY Times - DANNY HAKIM - APRIL 15, 2015

Not long ago, Microsoft was the scourge of European antitrust regulators.
It was fined once, twice, three and four times.
Finally, after Microsoft paid more than $3 billion, Europe left it alone.

Now, Google is firmly in Europe’s cross hairs: Antitrust regulators on Wednesday
formally accused the company of abusing its dominance.

And Microsoft is relishing a second act in Brussels, playing the role of scold instead of victim.

Here are the players …. No, Here is the player...step-twin of the Koch brothers

Microsoft has links, to varying degrees, with the three initial complainants
that sparked the antitrust investigation into Google.
And Microsoft has founded or funded a cottage industry of splinter groups.
[1]
The most prominent, the Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace,
or Icomp has waged a relentless public relations campaign promoting grievances against Google.
Icomp hosts webinars, panel discussions and news conferences.
It conducted a study that suggested changes made by Google
to appease regulators were largely window dressing.
[2]
Ciao, a German comparison shopping site, claimed that its agreement to use
Google’s search services restricted its ability to do advertising deals with Google’s rivals.
The site was bought by Microsoft before the company filed its complaint.
[3]
The third complainant, the French search company Ejustice.fr,
has been advised by Jacques Lafitte. Mr. Lafitte, a Brussels lobbyist,
previously served as a top corporate affairs official for Microsoft in Europe.

[glatt]

I'm still bitter at the Germans for banning street view in their country.

I bet they use street view all the time to look at other countries.

[busterb]

twice other night I woke to find my computer running. Next morning I looked and was Google updater running every hour. Reset that task and maybe will stop that shit.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by glatt

I'm still bitter at the Germans for banning street view in their country.

I bet they use street view all the time to look at other countries.

About a dozen German cities are covered by Street View.
This might be the beginning of complete coverage of the country, on the other hand perhaps partial coverage is all that will be permitted.

[Lamplighter]

Once the corporate name-change is completed...

Will people start saying they "Alphabeted", instead of "Googled" a topic ?
I don't think so...

[xoxoxoBruce]

No, because Google will still exist, it just won't be the umbrella.