Google As Big Brother ... Well, There's Some
Potential
Google aims to be able to track its users to within 100-200 feet
of their location through new wireless networks in order to serve
them with relevant advertising from local businesses. Google and
EarthLink wins bid as most promising candidate for connecting San
Francisco to the web without wires. In recent news, Google was served
a sopeona from the Federal Government to turn in the collected data
from one week's worth of US internet searches. Google resisted the
Federal Governement's urges into Google's data treasury. Should
the sopeona have yielded the hand-over of such data, it would have
established a strong prescendent for future actions. Yet, the fact
that Google has access to such vital data as collected through it's
instruments such as the notorious search engine and the installable
local desktop application, makes us at the Mystery Channel feel
a cold chill of caution with this budding mega-venture.
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