[mythtv-users] OT: Google - big brother? or I going mad?
Doug Lytle
support at drdos.info
Tue Sep 14 11:50:21 UTC 2010
Damian wrote:
>
> I'm really not comfortable with the 'big brother' presence of google.
> I think that they produce incredibly good products, but they are all
> designed to scrape every last piece of personal information out of the
> user. They are getting a bigger and bigger presence in the Linux/Open
> source world, and no one seems to mind which makes me question if I'm
> just being paranoid and everything is fine.
>
In my opinion, no you're not being paranoid. I'm constantly telling
those that I deal with that, you're willing to give up so much for
convenience. They go on and say, "Yes, yes I am."
> If you read a Linux magazine, it's often get many articles about
> privacy and security and keeping your system safe. Yet these same
> magazines discuss gmail, Android, google calendar and picassa without
> any mention of privacy and security. The files that are being put
> through googles
I have an Android phone, but I refuse to get a gmail account, just so I
can get applications. I'll find other means, but it is frustrating that
everything leads back to Google when you want to do things with this phone.
> Is it just me that finds this uncomfortable?
Not by a long shot, I'm sure.
Doug
--
Ben Franklin quote:
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
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