How Google collects data about you and the Internet

**finc.hairy** · 01-09-10, 10:25 PM

Found this on the Hard Forum - thought I'd bring it here:

If you’re curious about how Google’s information machine is fed, Royal Pingdom has you covered. Remember that when you blow through that EULA and click “I agree,” you’ve given the machine permission to save your data in one form or another.

In a way it's scary but then in another you realize it really can't be helped, if you're to function as member of interweeeb. If not Google, than someone else will do the same and is doing the same.

And for those who are interested - here's a video conversation (published in March 2009) between Charlie Rose and Eric Schmidt (CEO Google) -- which brings up some interesting points on where things are headed.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...9345320964787#

**dex71** · 01-10-10, 09:32 AM

Google doesn't know shit about you when compared to Visa.

I use my debit card for everything......Visa knows where I grocery shop,how much I spend on gas,whether I buy local,or shop in the interwebs....not only that,they know when I am using it.....they can pretty much plot out your daily routine,including when you probably sleep....everything.

**ninja|oaklandr** · 01-10-10, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by dex71

Google doesn't know shit about you when compared to Visa.

I use my debit card for everything......Visa knows where I grocery shop,how much I spend on gas,whether I buy local,or shop in the interwebs....not only that,they know when I am using it.....they can pretty much plot out your daily routine,including when you probably sleep....everything.

But does visa know what porn you are looking at?

I gave into the google thing a while back. A first I avoided gmail and other google products. Now I have a google phone, email etc.

**FragRaptor** · 01-10-10, 09:44 AM

Quick start the stop watch!

How long wil and it take ewok to find this thread.

**dex71** · 01-10-10, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by ninja|oaklandr

Originally Posted by dex71

Google doesn't know shit about you when compared to Visa.

I use my debit card for everything......Visa knows where I grocery shop,how much I spend on gas,whether I buy local,or shop in the interwebs....not only that,they know when I am using it.....they can pretty much plot out your daily routine,including when you probably sleep....everything.

But does visa know what porn you are looking at?

I gave into the google thing a while back. A first I avoided gmail and other google products. Now I have a google phone, email etc.

Visa knows if you pay for it.

It really isn't a big deal.....people have been collecting information since the beginning of time. These days,you don't walk into a store,or in some places walk down a street without being on camera. Visa has been collecting info on our spending habits long before AlGore invented the internet. It's just a fact of life,now.

**finc.hairy** · 01-10-10, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by dex71

Google doesn't know shit about you when compared to Visa.

I use my debit card for everything......Visa knows where I grocery shop,how much I spend on gas,whether I buy local,or shop in the interwebs....not only that,they know when I am using it.....they can pretty much plot out your daily routine,including when you probably sleep....everything.

hah!

Ain't that the truth....

On a similar note of being tethered to the system, I started pondering how many RFID chips we humans carry on our person on any given day. from car keys, to credit cards and ID badges, I counted 8 for me personally. And that doesn't include electronics, or clothing.

**dex71** · 01-10-10, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by finc.hairy

Originally Posted by dex71

Google doesn't know shit about you when compared to Visa.

I use my debit card for everything......Visa knows where I grocery shop,how much I spend on gas,whether I buy local,or shop in the interwebs....not only that,they know when I am using it.....they can pretty much plot out your daily routine,including when you probably sleep....everything.

hah!

Ain't that the truth....

On a similar note of being tethered to the system, I started pondering how many RFID chips we humans carry on our person on any given day. from car keys, to credit cards and ID badges, I counted 8 for me personally. And that doesn't include electronics, or clothing.

My dog is chipped too...

**finc.hairy** · 01-10-10, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by dex71

Originally Posted by finc.hairy

Originally Posted by dex71

Google doesn't know shit about you when compared to Visa.

I use my debit card for everything......Visa knows where I grocery shop,how much I spend on gas,whether I buy local,or shop in the interwebs....not only that,they know when I am using it.....they can pretty much plot out your daily routine,including when you probably sleep....everything.

hah!

Ain't that the truth....

On a similar note of being tethered to the system, I started pondering how many RFID chips we humans carry on our person on any given day. from car keys, to credit cards and ID badges, I counted 8 for me personally. And that doesn't include electronics, or clothing.

My dog is chipped too...

Ah yes, the GPS dog collar...

If you can't find her, maybe you can find her on google earth!

**dex71** · 01-10-10, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by finc.hairy

Originally Posted by dex71

Originally Posted by finc.hairy

Originally Posted by dex71

Google doesn't know shit about you when compared to Visa.

I use my debit card for everything......Visa knows where I grocery shop,how much I spend on gas,whether I buy local,or shop in the interwebs....not only that,they know when I am using it.....they can pretty much plot out your daily routine,including when you probably sleep....everything.

hah!

Ain't that the truth....

On a similar note of being tethered to the system, I started pondering how many RFID chips we humans carry on our person on any given day. from car keys, to credit cards and ID badges, I counted 8 for me personally. And that doesn't include electronics, or clothing.

My dog is chipped too...

Ah yes, the GPS dog collar...

If you can't find her, maybe you can find her on google earth!

It's not in her collar....it's implanted in her neck.
Or is that a different kind of chip?

And I could only imagine tracking her if she ever got lost......from poop pile to poop pile checking out the locals....then to the park to play with the kids (she absolutely LOVES kids)....the to the nearest adult to beg for a treat (she is convinced we all carry them around)....then nap time. It would be like one of those Family Circus cartoons with the little trail going everywhere.

**iamjohnnyrico** · 01-10-10, 12:00 PM

My take on the interview was:

-Google will try to save the earth by using it's technology.
-The world will end with known factors.
-Politicians are great if you're democratic.
-America needs to step out of the way and let other countries have a stake in tommorrows future.
-Blah, blah, blah, technology in the future.
-You will have access to everything.
-There is a need to know everything.