On 3/2/12 5:31 AM, Herbbert J Rabinowicz wrote:
In case you missed it…
// Signed //
Herbbie Rides Again ………..
Dear Google user,
We’re getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that’s a lot shorter and easier to read. Our new policy covers multiple products and features, reflecting our desire to create one beautifully simple and intuitive experience across Google…….
I respond:
HA ha ha as if I’d miss this! Of course I know you’re being ironic.
Oh boy does this get deeply, deeply under my skin. People just shrug it off but you and I know freedom is stolen in inches.
Have you seen the story about Target knowing a teenager was pregnant before her father did? It’s real. (http://news.yahoo.com/video/opinion-15749653/target-knew-teen-was-pregnant-before-her-dad-28415092.html)
How about people being denied health insurance based on their Googling a disease or being a member of one of the disease-cause groups? Nothing prevents this. (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/facebook-is-using-you.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&tntemail0=y&emc=tnt)
I have stripped all things Google out of my site except a script that generates a site map for search engines, and I’m pondering even that. But I do have Google accounts, which I guess are one now. The trick is avoiding logging in. But Facebook has been busted now three times for using tracking cookies even when users are logged out. So of course I trust Google on this, right?