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How much do you (dis)trust Google ?

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    #92
    Herbal Deity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭Herbal Deity


    Naikon wrote: »
    LOL @ Microsoft bitching about Chrome. I use Chrome and gmail on Linux because they just work. As If Microsoft would spare a thought when it comes to security issues.
    They are the laughing stock of the software industry at this point. Technical, not financial that is. Microsoft/IE can take the finger from myself at this stage. Maybe Microsoft
    feels the need to bash other competition because it will make a dent in their market share? History would certainly suggest their bullying tactics.

    It's all slowly downhill from here for arrogant Microsoft. There are aware of this fact, are pissed, and need a few scapegoats to blame it all on. Thats how it reads.
    Win 7 is awesome. .NET is awesome. MS aren't going anywhere.


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    #93
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users Posts: 6,275 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    lol well your getting google for "free"...google doesnt cost you money but it costs you date they store from you so its up to you to decide weather you want to pay them or not :)


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    #94
    Prof.Badass
    Registered Users Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Prof.Badass


    I don't trust google at all. I use their seach engine but that's it (and if i ever had to search something dodgy (not nessecarily illegal but still a dodgy topic) I'd use scroogle. Not that i go around doing dodgy things irl, but curiosity is never a bad thing and the more information you have on the world the more of an informed life you can live.

    It's not really about any fear about them going after me specifically, it's more about not agreeing with the princilpe of the whole thing. Imo, use of google services will come back to bite a small number of people in the ass in the future, probably with career-destroying results , maybe even with legal implications- I know it seems far-fetched now, but you need to bear in mind these worst case scenarios when deciding on basic principles such as privacy. Who's to say what the world will be like in 30/40 years time? Only an idiot would think that an oppressive authoritarian regime could never come to power for the rest of mankinds future. Even in our current situation there's potential for this information to be abused.

    I remember i was going to set up a gmail account and I couldn't without giving a mobile phone number....wtf? i wouldn't even give my real name to a website.
    It's worth bearing in mind that you're not releasing this information out into the world for everyone, you're giving it to a small group of people to use for their own financial gain.


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    #95
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users Posts: 6,275 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    lol well that looks like paranoia :) just clear you cookies and get advanced system care and they will clean all your privacy :)


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    #96
    Piste
    Registered Users Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    There are perfectly legitimate reasons for most of the things anyone googles. So much can be explained by "I heard it mentioned by a friend" "I was searching for a newspaper article" or "it was for medical reasons". I have searched for tons of dodgy-looking things due to college.


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    #97
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,919 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Type in porn and you get 226 Million matches.

    Any site that can do this is a winner in my book.


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    #98
    recylingbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭recylingbin


    opinion guy wrote: »
    Yes sir Mr Google sir. I'm sorry sir Mr Google sir. Please sir can I have another ?

    Good man.
    That's the kind of attitude that will see me retired in Cuba with a glass bottomed boat.

    The rest of you take note.


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