Tuesday, February 28th 2012
FTC Chairman Calls New Google Policy A "Fairly Binary and Brutal Choice to Consumers"
US FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz called Google's new unified policy "a fairly binary and somewhat brutal choice that they're giving consumers," in other words, a "take it or leave it" choice. Mr. Leibowitz made these comments speaking an episode of C-SPAN's Newsmakers. Google's new unified gives users of its various services (eg: G-Mail, YouTube, Picassa), a single user policy to agree to, to continue using the services. The policy also outlines how Google will use data collected by its different services, something its critics noted to be invasive. Less than 48 hours from taking effect, the policy is facing opposition from European regulators, and even a group of 36 US Attorneys General.
Sources:
The Verge, All Things D
11 Comments on FTC Chairman Calls New Google Policy A "Fairly Binary and Brutal Choice to Consumers"
think about it
Google Search Engine = 65% of the searches in 2011
Google Android Phones = must opt in to there spying on everything you do or you cant use your phone
Gmail = emails monitored
Youtube = videos you watch are already taken into account now ads based on what you view are sent to you directly
now think about how prolific google is on the internet and everything there involved in ;) thats why everyones being pissy if google was a nobody nobody would care, lol thats how it works
Is your argument "you got nothing to hide, so you don't care about privacy". That's awfully noble... and naiive.
*wink wink nod nod*
They way I look at it, if you don't like it then don't use it. I don't know this for sure but I bet 99% of Google's products/services can be found through other companies..
Yahoo, Bing, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile phone, etc, etc..
There's an alternative for just about anything.