Wow- a vibe kept me away from Google Plus, and it's a good thing I did, as should everyone. The linked article provides an exceptional overview and analysis of the problems plaguing personal-data ownership. This article will give me nightmares, in a Matrix-sort-of way. If Google is capable of doing this, then governmental "Big Brothers" are very, very real. Ever heard of DARPA?
Here's the Google story: The Case Against Google; http://gizmodo.com/5895010/the-case-against-google
Have you read the comments on this article? It's amazing how many people say they "don;t care" that google has their info because they "want it to" so it can give them better results... call me weird but I don't need a computer to tell me which restaurant I will like, I can look them up myself and decide on my own. AN end to decision making, anyone?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, Jo. How's your neck? - ref: Facebook entries... ;)
DeleteWell, I certainly was amazed there are so many apathetic folks willing to let a computer program own the decision-making process. Smacks of "Wall-e" -like complacency. Yuck - think I'll go rent a small cabin in the woods and write from my old typewriter. That's been done, hasn't it?