Comments on: How Google collects data about you and the Internet

By: Data Mining Courses

Data Mining Courses — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:24:30 +0000

It is extremely disturbing how much data Google has about us. Like you listed everything from names and addresses to credit card numbers and what we are doing throughout the day(social media sites).

By: Isabelle

Isabelle — Sat, 22 May 2010 11:02:43 +0000

As a consumer using websites to purchase or create a profile, I hesitate everytime about what will happen to my information. Perhaps the best thing is to create a fake profile to use everytime, with a PO Box and use a disposable visa so no one can get “real” details from you.

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By: Sociale

Sociale — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:27:07 +0000

It’s time to wake up and stop publishing private data on the web.
This behaviour has to be populated so that noone will collect users private unwittingly.

By: Xris

Xris — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:25:50 +0000

Really good and important article. It’s nice to see such a broad number of views and thoughtful responses. I’m heartened to see folks take this seriously.

My two cents: We should not be afraid of these technologies, but we MUST pay attention.

I’m a big Google user. And I watch these matters carefully. I realized many years ago that tracking and data mining are wide-spread, unstoppable, and potentially dangerous. I’m particularly worried about ending up on watch lists by accident with no knowledgeable human intervention.

Google was the first player (I’m aware of) to address these concerns head-on and openly. Therefore I support Google as a model of good practice in a world of far more nefarious players. But I also realize we must watch them carefully.

Google certainly is not Little Red Riding Hood. But I don’t see them as ‘the wolf’ either. They do at least maintain some humanity in potentially damaging processes that machines are all too often allowed to run without human oversight.

It’s up to each and every individual citizen to stay informed. And we must also undertake to enlighten our friends and family to today’s common practices and the potential dangers of ‘blind faith’ in the system. Not to scare anyone, but to open their eyes to the reality of life in cyberspace.

Thanks again for the clear and concise report.

Xris

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By: taikan

taikan — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:15:47 +0000

All of the earlier comments seemed to focus only on what Google might do with the information it collects about each of us. Even though the federal government is prohibited from collecting similar information, there is nothing to prevent it from getting that information from Google by means of an administrative subpoena or, if the government can persuade a judge, search warrant.