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The next news story: Google KNEW it was providing internet services to everyone in Kansas City. This gave them access to ALL of the emails, ALL of the passwor
by VikingCoder 15y ago
The next news story:
Google KNEW it was providing internet services to everyone in Kansas City. This gave them access to ALL of the emails, ALL of the passwords, unless people took extraordinary measures, such as using a hypothetical "https" access. We spoke with one researcher and he said he didn't trust https because it ends in an 's', just like the word 'snakes.' Senior officials at Google knew that they had spent billions of dollars to provide this service to residents of the unsuspecting town. Congress to have hearings about this so-called "Internet Service." Top officials at the FCC scoffed, "How can they claim to not be evil when they provide internet service to children - some of whom are probably watching pornography?!"
- luser001 15y agoYou do realize that Google promised not datamine your email when building a Google-wide profile of you until March 1st? I'm not sure I understand the point of your reply. The https here is a red herring: Google can read your email even if you use https. https only prevents intermediaries from reading your email.
- peterwwillis 15y agoIt was a joke.
- jimmyvanhalen 15y agothe joke is on VikingCoder and Google.
- VikingCoder 15y agoIn this article, Google was the intermediary. I was pointing out that when they're an ISP, they're ALWAYS an intermediary. As is every other ISP. https is absolutely not a red herring. If you use an unencrypted wifi, and use http to access your online services, you do not care at all about security. After the fact, blaming Google for recording open wifi data is absurd. The point of my post was, if you're concerned about Google accessing the data between a computer and random services on the internet, then you should be REALLY concerned about them being an ISP. Just like you should be concerned about every OTHER ISP. The solution to not having ISPs - or other intermediaries - have access to all of your data is to use an https connection to your web services. Do you see the acronym "https" show up, at all in the linked article? No. That's absurd. It is THE SOLUTION to people sniffing your emails and passwords.
- jimmyvanhalen 15y agoJust because my door is open doesn't mean you can just walk in my house and steal my television.
- VikingCoder 15y agoI find your analogy absurd in every respect.
- ccaviness 15y agoWhat about if your door is open and you're talking loudly to your friend on speakerphone with the volume way up? Do I have to plug my ears when I walk past?
- jimmyvanhalen 15y agoStill doesn't give you the right to steal my tv.