Google is Like the Taliban

Here is a metaphor you haven't read online yet (maybe).

Google is like the Taliban in many ways. Cut off one of its data centers and it will create two more.

They are taking the term 'redundancy' to a new level. I can see S's aspirational side already.

"You cannot destroy us as we are infinitely redundant."

An insider look at the # of data centers they have, and the number of servers.

They are like a collective brain.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/10/google_caffeine_going_live/

Google Dashboard - More Questions than Answers

The new Google Dashboard seems to be one of those new 'transparency' functionalities that raises more concerning questions than provides helpful solutions to our real privacy concerns. I checked it out and it was pretty useless, and PC World agrees. What we really want is a simple privacy setting - public and private radio checkboxes. Visible versus invisible. Transparent versus hidden. I almost think Facebook gets it more than Google when it comes to public versus private information, though both companies should be watched more closely.

Google's blogpost was weird and insincere.

Thanks PC World for the good article.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/181636/google_dashboard_gives_you_a_degree_of_control.html

Google Wanted to Buy The New York Times

http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/evil_google/would_google_be_evil_for_buying_the_new_york_times.html

Google Forming Close Ties with the Government

As indicated here:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/energy-secretary-chu-visits-googleplex.html

And many other places..

Spy Trike

It is not clear yet that Google admits or even knows that it is out to get us.

It started with the Google Street View cam.

Now they're going off road with their Google Spy Trike.

While this may not frighten you yet, it will within twenty years.

Imagine a day -- in 2020 -- when Google Street View cams and Google spy trikes are driving around every street, every sidewalk, every dirt road and mountain path, filming us all in real time.

Imagine a day not far from now when the camera on your Google Android /Chrome laptop or touch pad is watching you, recording your eye movements, recording your mouse clicks, and they're selling those clicks and eye movements to advertisers.