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> what was the hidden purpose of Google Fiber -- aside from stirring up the consumer broadband market? Isn't it obvious? So they can collect information about
by xienze 10y ago
> what was the hidden purpose of Google Fiber -- aside from stirring up the consumer broadband market?
Isn't it obvious? So they can collect information about you at the packet level. There's only so much information you can get from people visiting your web properties or using your browser. When customers use your pipe, now you can track _everything_.
- wmf 10y agoThanks to HTTPS everywhere, not really.
- xienze 10y agoYou're not looking at it the right way. HTTPS still lets you know which sites you're visiting (Hostname has to be unencrypted). But there's more than just web traffic. Say you like to play on your PS4 every night at 6. Now Google knows that. Run your own SSH server, OpenVPN, and mail server? Google knows that, and has profiled you as a "developer". And so on. Think big, man.