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Google doesn't "spill their beans" to third parties-- what Google actually sells is the opportunity for third parties to be included in the advertisements Goog
by JonathonW 10y ago
Google doesn't "spill their beans" to third parties-- what Google actually sells is the opportunity for third parties to be included in the advertisements Google is targeting to their users.
Google has a strong incentive to not allow their aggregated user data to leave Google-- the behavioral data Google collects is the reason why Google is valuable; if they start shipping that data off to third parties, suddenly the third parties don't need Google anymore.
(Same with Facebook-- they're not "selling" your data; they're selling the opportunity to target you based on your data, but the data itself is too valuable to Facebook to sell.)
- gue5t 10y agoGoogle (or Facebook) is the third party. The first two are you and your computer.
- ProAm 10y ago> Google doesn't "spill their beans" to third parties Except the government who gets unfettered access. Not into conspiracy theories but Im definitely not a fan of this (and it goes for all social media and technology companies)
- Oletros 10y ago> Except the government who gets unfettered access. Does you have a source for that?
- ProAm 10y ago>Does you have a source for that? Yep. They all do it. [1] http://news.trust.org/item/20161004170601-99f8c http://news.trust.org/item/20161004170601-99f8c
- Oletros 10y agoYou have put a link about Yahoo! and that link says nothing about Google or others doing the same
- ProAm 10y agoNo, its safe to say all major tech company's have have NSL's, and are required to allow the government to search and request data, it would be foolish to think otherwise. [1] [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/05/technology/subpoenas-and-gag-orders-show-government-overreach-tech-companies-argue.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/05/technology/subpoenas-and-g...
- Oletros 10y agoAre you aware that your new link doesn't talk about unfettered access?
- ProAm 10y agoYes, but this is all we know about now, every day there is a new revelation about what the government has access too that we previously thought they didn't. I think it's naive to assume they don't have access to all of it.
- Oletros 10y agoYour claim is that the government have unfettered access to ALL the data. Can you provide a link to your claim or it is just your opinion because there is no proof of that?
- ProAm 10y agoEvidence has been slowly being released for years, what more do you need. Here is my third example for you [1], after this Im done. [1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/prism-collection-documents/images/prism-slide-4.jpg http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/prism-...
- Oletros 10y agoYou still have not provided any evidence for you first claim that the government has total access to those companies. And your last link also doesn't say what you think it says.
- pjlegato 10y agoThere was this Snowden guy who leaked some documents about that...
- Oletros 10y agoThen it will be easy to provide a link.