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3. I already have a YouTube account w/a different name, that I don't want linked to my Gmail account.
4. If someone wanted to fuck with you, all they need is the one username & password (which they don't even have to know, because ya want the site to "remember you next time" don't ya), and they can fuck with you on any site Google owns/operates/is affiliated with in the slightest.
5. I don't like being told what to do.
8. Google is getting a little too "Big Brothery" for my tastes. Google does not, repeat DOES NOT know what I want, regardless of how much they think they do.
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AMEN!
I'm annoyed that FB, for example, tells lots of sites I visit who I am.
I browse the onion, and it is immediately telling me if any of my friends like a given story. WTF? How did the Onion knw who I am? Obvious FB tells them. Did FB even ask me if I wanted this? No. Do I? No.
My camera is not a phone, but pics from it might get posted on the net.
My phone is not a camera, and never goes on the internet.
FB does not get my phone number.
I regret letting FB know my gmail address - should have set up a dummy one for the occasion.
The cellar is relatively isolated from these, but the gmail connection is there too.
Given all the social issues that are developing, especially in the US, and the US governement giving itself ever incresing powers to spy on me and if they choose, kill me, this shit worries me. Seriously. I think the next decade is likely to "turbulent", like the sixties, and I suspect the struggle might get dirty. This data is a treasure trove for would-be tyrants.