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ignoring all mandatory marketing gobbledygook, this change makes most sense to me in the light of google's recent involvement in the NSA scandal, and their gene

by kossTKR 11y ago

ignoring all mandatory marketing gobbledygook, this change makes most sense to me in the light of google's recent involvement in the NSA scandal, and their general shift from being a search only service, to being a true conglomerate, especially spanning the futuristic fields of robotics and AI research. They don't want to be like the dystopian AI from the recent movie Ex Machina, they don't want to be seen as the omnipresent creepy spy company. Therefore this naive, happy and care free logo. Vulgar in my eyes. Most people in this thread seem to miss this?

glitchdout 11y ago
Yep. It immediately reminded me of this video: https://ind.ie/the-camera-panopticon/ https://ind.ie/the-camera-panopticon/ Right in the first minute: > What if surveillance didn't look this scary? What if it actually looked pretty friendly? Could we still identify it as a threat?
- kossTKR 11y ago
  Interesting video. The presenter is pretty good. At 24.35 he talks about Michael Novak, Facebooks engineer manager that states: "Privacy is a set of experiences that help people feel comfortable", HAH, i love this corporate-speak. It reminds me of the way the new PR field of Content Creation, which defines itself like: http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/what-is-content-marketing/ http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/what-is-content-marketi... "Content marketing’s purpose is to attract and retain customers by consistently creating and curating relevant and valuable content with the intention of changing or enhancing consumer behavior. Basically, content marketing is the art of communicating with your customers and prospects without selling. It is non-interruption marketing. Instead of pitching your products or services, you are delivering information that makes your buyer more intelligent" Lets enhance make our buyers more intelligent. Intelligent in this context meaning, the customer buys our product. Lets give the user privacy. Privacy meaning a thin veneer of privacy on top of complete data mining.

by kossTKR 11y ago

glitchdout 11y ago

Yep. It immediately reminded me of this video: https://ind.ie/the-camera-panopticon/ https://ind.ie/the-camera-panopticon/ Right in the first minute: > What if surveillance didn't look this scary? What if it actually looked pretty friendly? Could we still identify it as a threat?

kossTKR 11y ago
Interesting video. The presenter is pretty good. At 24.35 he talks about Michael Novak, Facebooks engineer manager that states: "Privacy is a set of experiences that help people feel comfortable", HAH, i love this corporate-speak. It reminds me of the way the new PR field of Content Creation, which defines itself like: http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/what-is-content-marketing/ http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/what-is-content-marketi... "Content marketing’s purpose is to attract and retain customers by consistently creating and curating relevant and valuable content with the intention of changing or enhancing consumer behavior. Basically, content marketing is the art of communicating with your customers and prospects without selling. It is non-interruption marketing. Instead of pitching your products or services, you are delivering information that makes your buyer more intelligent" Lets enhance make our buyers more intelligent. Intelligent in this context meaning, the customer buys our product. Lets give the user privacy. Privacy meaning a thin veneer of privacy on top of complete data mining.