

Could Google be a spook?






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RE: Who cares?
By Bonrock on 10/31/2006 11:16:24 PM , Rating: 5
Why should you care about your privacy on the Internet? Because one day in the not-so-distant future, you might be denied a job because the company you applied to talked to Google and found out that you did a lot of searches related to bestiality when you were 16.

RE: Who cares?
By cplusplus on 11/1/2006 2:18:22 AM , Rating: 4
Then do your bestiality searches in a public computer lab like a normal person.

RE: Who cares?
By dice1111 on 11/1/2006 11:51:00 AM , Rating: 5
He was making a hypothetical statement and I agree with it. I believe what happens in the home behind closed doors is no ones business but our own. As soon as we develop a callous attitude towards this subject we start allowing the government the freedom to snoop on us completely and we give up our freedom. I think some people need to read 1984 by George Orwell again.

RE: Who cares?
By OddTSi on 11/1/2006 12:33:51 PM , Rating: 1
I think this is where the confusion comes in for most people. They think that because they are most often inside their home when they are on the internet that what they're doing is private. But you have to realize that the internet, although virtual, is a public place and you have no expectation of privacy when you're in a public place.

As I said above, unless the website you're using requires a log-in and uses HTTPS then you have no expectation of privacy.

RE: Who cares?
By Wwhat on 11/2/2006 1:16:31 AM , Rating: 2
I see you don't mention privacy statements made on sites, how about expecting them to honor that?
And now about you stand on the street talking to a friend and a third person comes stand next to you and takes notes? would you not expect people to not do that? even in a public place.
And how about international agreements regarding privacy?

RE: Who cares?
By Thogek on 11/1/2006 4:48:07 PM , Rating: 2
"I believe what happens in the home behind closed doors is no ones business but our own."

A true enough statement by itself, but not applicable here, due to the simple reality of what happens when a person uses an Internet service such as Google.

When do sit at your computer at home and perform a Google search, you are sending messages from your computer and home, across the Internet, to Google, requesting that Google perform a search for you on the keywords that you send in the request. You may very well have stayed behind closed doors in your home, but your search request has not, as you sent it out to Google in hopes of getting a response.

This is part of a fundamental misunderstanding that many have about how the Internet works. Until it is clearer to most users of the Internet, we're going to get all sorts of nonsensicle assertations about people's absolute expectations of privacy of information that they've sent out over the unsecure Internet.

RE: Who cares?
By gordypordy on 11/1/2006 12:56:13 PM , Rating: 2



Honestly, this is a hoot, rofl.... best advice ever.
Obviously an experienced internet user, and possibly one who works for the CIA, lol !!

RE: Who cares?
By azskys on 11/2/2006 2:38:31 AM , Rating: 2
I agree with you - the future consequences are what some people fail to grasp. I use this site that is similar to Google:

They have a page that explains what they're attempting to provide for their users. And believe me - they are not big fans of Google!

