I for one, think this is kind of odd. its an odd OS. almost everything datawise is stored on the google cloud. i have an HTC Eric droid smarty fartfone, running android OS. google first off is a data collection company, they collect user data from their products (search, gmail, picasa, etc.) such as location, surfing habits, sms messages and sell it to third parties (doubleclick and adsense for example). and quite honestly i was naive to this when shopping for a device to feeed my info and streaming music fix while at work, I didn't even glance at the EULA until a couple of days ago.
according to google.com/dashboard (the 'product' they use to show us some of the 'aggregated' data they collect from us) they know who my best friend is, the girl i bang (its obvious from the msgs, and pics such), my shopping habits, all my contact info, all of my friends contact info, buisiness info, various GPS location data, pictures, music and it goes on and on. No, i am not being paranoid, or think google is out get me, but when reading the EULA in detail they are very vague when describing how they use this data, and how it will be shared among third parties. oddly enough, they call this their privacy policy. its odd that they redefine words in the policies to purposely deceive us. like redefining what 'aggregate data' is, one would think its general data collected from a number of possible sources, anonymously. not the case. i know that they 'only' use this info so they can tailor ads to us, and sell us products (manipulation for profit) - according to google. according to recently passed laws, this data MUST be stored on servers permanently just incase a governmental body needs to access it. i for one, do not think google has the right to be snooping into our lives the way they do. sometimes its like reading a census bereau survey, like "Why the FUCK would you need to know that kind of personal information for?" A: "oh, its nothing, just personalization".
it just seems odd, and this google os will only escalate the increasingly prying and violation of privacy these Big Balla co's are engaging in and sharing information with each other and huge advertisement firms. Aaaaaaand, this is legal. i know that once we click "i agree", you 'understand' these 'rights' of the EULA, and any and all liability, loss, or damage is at that point the user's problem and google isn't held accountable for anything, and if you don't like it, you do not use the product. not even an opt-out clause for those of us who'd rather not have our personal info used 'against' us for a buck. if any of us went around intercepting data on all of our neighbors and thier children, and random peoples personal information waving a EULA around, and offering some type of indexing service, we'd get fucked by the long dick of the law.
all this said, i believe might possibly be returning my Droid Eris to verizon, lol. but, after 2 weeks of use, they already know everything about me. does this creep anyone else out?
