Sorry for a wapo link, but ya android users are getting sold out, even with location services off. There’s a surprise.
The only reason the wash post wrote that is they are watching it because Amazon does the same shit. Guess who owns Amazon and wapo?
Sorry for a wapo link, but ya android users are getting sold out, even with location services off. There’s a surprise.
Bezos owns wapo?The only reason the wash post wrote that is they are watching it because Amazon does the same shit. Guess who owns Amazon and wapo?
They need more controls over them like the Europeans have.And exactly what does Arizona think it will do to stop Google? Talk about tilting at windmills...
The shit needs to get stopped at a federal level. Fortunately, Trump is about to bust up the social media and tech company monopolies... no, wait, he's just throwing a tantrum because Twitter is "fact checking" his tweets or something like that. I don't object to yanking Twitter's Section 230 protection, but really that's a tiny drop in a very large bucket of what needs to be done.
Do you really think that not using google prevents google from collecting data? Any idea how many sites use their source code? Most of them. Conspiracy theories aside, I believe google is a CIa/NSa front. I mean hell the parent comaonynisnABc corp..They need more controls over them like the Europeans have.
Why do you think Zuckerberg looked so freaked out on the news this AM.
I don't use Twitter at all, I have a Facebook account but I've never posted anything and I don't use Google.
People are clueless as to how much information they freely give away about their daily lives.
People are clueless, for sure, but further regulation of a free market isn’t the need. Privacy protections from government intrusion and surveillance is the benchmark and where it should stop. The EU is definitely not the place to look for guidance on how to run the US.They need more controls over them like the Europeans have.
Why do you think Zuckerberg looked so freaked out on the news this AM.
I don't use Twitter at all, I have a Facebook account but I've never posted anything and I don't use Google.
People are clueless as to how much information they freely give away about their daily lives.
No, they’re just a company that makes a fuck ton of money through advertising and market domination in every way they can. Greedy? Sure. Evil? They don’t even come close.Google is the definition of evil
People are clueless, for sure, but further regulation of a free market isn’t the need. Privacy protections from government intrusion and surveillance is the benchmark and where it should stop. The EU is definitely not the place to look for guidance on how to run the US.
Regulation still isn’t freedom of enterprise. That’s my hang up.The Europeans got it generally right with GDPR. We are way behind.
There is no "free market" when it comes to Big Tech.
How do we justify that when the general public pays no money for any of their services?Google, Twitter, Facebook are all utilities.
They need to be treated as such.
How do we justify that when the general public pays no money for any of their services?
If we ever achieve the days of interstellar commerce, the transport of material goods will be highly prohibitive in bulk. The value of a thing will be largely based upon the cost of transport.
Information will be one of, if not the most valuable, of commodities. It need not be transported by material means at all.
Greg
I agree with much of what you’re saying, but the issue is there are no fees to use them, just metadata that if you know what you’re doing can be avoided giving. This isn’t the same as breaking up Ma Bell who both had a full monopoly, but was also charging outrageous costs with no competition. Google users along with the social media giant users get targeted advertising, that’s it. They even label the ads as such, you know what it is you’re looking at.The fact that 'services' are provided with the intent of/full knowledge of accumulating all of the users metadata and selling it as part of the business plan. This isn't a byproduct, this IS the product, and it was always intended to be that way.
You can't argue against the fact that they are a business, with large operating costs and have never had a subscription fee. How did they plan on staying in business as a 'free' service?
It was always the intent. YOU are the product.
I agree with much of what you’re saying, but the issue is there are no fees to use them, just metadata that if you know what you’re doing can be avoided giving. This isn’t the same as breaking up Ma Bell who both had a full monopoly, but was also charging outrageous costs with no competition. Google users along with the social media giant users get targeted advertising, that’s it. They even label the ads as such, you know what it is you’re looking at.
How is that a utility to be broken up and regulated within the boundaries of the Constitution and US Code?
I know the product is the individual, that’s why I don’t use them.
I agree with much of what you’re saying, but the issue is there are no fees to use them, just metadata that if you know what you’re doing can be avoided giving. This isn’t the same as breaking up Ma Bell who both had a full monopoly, but was also charging outrageous costs with no competition. Google users along with the social media giant users get targeted advertising, that’s it. They even label the ads as such, you know what it is you’re looking at.
How is that a utility to be broken up and regulated within the boundaries of the Constitution and US Code?
I know the product is the individual, that’s why I don’t use them.
But where does the USG gain the authority to regulate and break them up? I’m not saying they’re not crooked as fuck, I’m asking where the government gains the authority.It's actually a lot more involved than you think.
Google has a near monopoly on web advertising these days and shares a duopoly on phone service and has a near monopoly on web search and the biggest part of the web interface market.
They actively use this to stifle competition, raise prices for businesses and strip away the ability of consumers to have choices that respect their privacy.
Don't let the whole "free" business fool you, they along with Facebook are among the biggest threats to human freedom on the planet.
But where does the USG gain the authority to regulate and break them up? I’m not saying they’re not crooked as fuck, I’m asking where the government gains the authority.
I didn't intend for it to sound like that, my bad.Do you really think that not using google prevents google from collecting data? Any idea how many sites use their source code? Most of them. Conspiracy theories aside, I believe google is a CIa/NSa front. I mean hell the parent comaonynisnABc corp..