Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Google Offers Glimpse at Data Collection

The Associated Press (AP) is reporting how Google is disclosing how it collects personal information from users of its various services.

Last week I realized that Google is becoming more of an utility company than anything else and would be eventually regulated by the federal government as a result.

There are tons of information being willingly handed over to Google since they are effectively reducing the need for having lots of hard drive space.

Google will keep all of your information and all you then need is internet access.

On one hand I like the freedom from hard drive space, but the privacy issues and security of the servers being used by Google (the maintenance and upkeep of the equipment) tells me that governmental oversight is cleared needed at some point in time.

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