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I find it extremely difficult to avoid interacting with Google products: - a LOT of the web employs google analytics to track you - very many of my contacts u
by nfoz 12y ago
I find it extremely difficult to avoid interacting with Google products:
- a LOT of the web employs google analytics to track you
- very many of my contacts use Gmail, so perhaps the majority of my email ends up on their servers
- Friends take photos of me that are uploaded to Google+
- My home and car have been captured by the GoogleMaps surveillance van
I agree that it's important to distinguish Google vs. governments. But let's not pretend that you can "opt out" of Google's surveillance on you, even if you aren't using their products.
Edit: Let's also acknowledge that whatever Google collects, the governments have access to.
- BrandonMarc 12y agoYes, Google Analytics is on most of the web. Guess what else is? AdSense. Even if a site doesn't have Analytics, if it has AdSense, then most of the same tracking comes into play. A massive fraction of the web - at least, the websites that get traffic - has either or both of these built in.
- aragot 12y ago> I find it extremely difficult to avoid interacting with Google products I think that's not what digitalengineer was talking about. He was saying you can't opt out of governments and violent or unfair law enforcement, whereas you can opt out of Google products. So the OC reminds us Google is pretty tame compared to govts.