Google's Privacy Policy Changes. and somehow Lady Gaga.
So there's been a bunch of hubbub about the changes to Google's Privacy Policy and oh the agony and gloom and despair that Google is Going To KNOW About You .
OH NOES
But see, here's the thing. I have gMail. I have gDocs, gCalender, Youtube, G+, Google Alerts, Blogger, Bookmarks, Google Chrome Sync, an Android phone, Google Music, Google Wallet, Picasa, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Reader, Google Sky Map, Goggles, Google Translator, and Google Voice. (and, of course, Google Search)
I have these all under one account. I naturally assumed that since it was all Google, and since it was under one account name, that OF COURSE Google knows tons of shit about me. I use these products extensively, most of them several times a day, every single day. If Google Servers ever went down my life would become vastly more difficult; and that's not even including the fact that I use Chrome (and google search through it) as sort of a dictionary/calculator/spell-check device.
Imagine my surprise when Google came out and stated that they were going to be changing their policy to one I thought they already had.
Do I want a company to know tons of information about me? No.
Is any company through which I use the email client, the documents client, the calendar client, the video client, the social network client, the search client, the bookmarking client, the sync aspect, the phone that ties everything together, the music client, the payment client, the photo client, the map/location client, the RSS feed client, the search client and whatever else Google does, going to know tons of information about me? Yes.
I understand I'm the product, not the consumer in Google's economy. I expect, for the free, convenient, linked services Google offers, that I will be a more targeted marketing audience. Nothing is free.
Everyone has to draw their own line of where privacy meets convenience. My line may change as Privacy Policies change. But, Damn I Love the Jag, the Jet, and the Mansion (and the Reader, Calendar, Youtube, Gmail, Sync, Maps, and Android).
OH NOES
But see, here's the thing. I have gMail. I have gDocs, gCalender, Youtube, G+, Google Alerts, Blogger, Bookmarks, Google Chrome Sync, an Android phone, Google Music, Google Wallet, Picasa, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Reader, Google Sky Map, Goggles, Google Translator, and Google Voice. (and, of course, Google Search)
I have these all under one account. I naturally assumed that since it was all Google, and since it was under one account name, that OF COURSE Google knows tons of shit about me. I use these products extensively, most of them several times a day, every single day. If Google Servers ever went down my life would become vastly more difficult; and that's not even including the fact that I use Chrome (and google search through it) as sort of a dictionary/calculator/spell-check device.
Imagine my surprise when Google came out and stated that they were going to be changing their policy to one I thought they already had.
Do I want a company to know tons of information about me? No.
Is any company through which I use the email client, the documents client, the calendar client, the video client, the social network client, the search client, the bookmarking client, the sync aspect, the phone that ties everything together, the music client, the payment client, the photo client, the map/location client, the RSS feed client, the search client and whatever else Google does, going to know tons of information about me? Yes.
I understand I'm the product, not the consumer in Google's economy. I expect, for the free, convenient, linked services Google offers, that I will be a more targeted marketing audience. Nothing is free.
Everyone has to draw their own line of where privacy meets convenience. My line may change as Privacy Policies change. But, Damn I Love the Jag, the Jet, and the Mansion (and the Reader, Calendar, Youtube, Gmail, Sync, Maps, and Android).