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RapierFugue -> RE: Google plus (7/27/2011 11:41:48 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Epytropos
Anyway, it's already shaping up to be a superior service, once Google gets things worked out. There are a few things I'd like to see brought over (like notes and walls) but as Rapier and VC say if there's one company worth trusting to do things right it's Google. Of course, they now own practically my entire online presence, given that I use docs, maps, +, reader, voice, translate, and search all on a daily basis, but what's the worst that could happen?
heh. Assuming you meant that as a joke, of course :)
I have a friend who works in systems security, and I mean the proper end of things. He reckons it's only a matter of time before someone works out how to data-mine what Google have in such a way as to piece together enough to make trouble for them.
Personally, I feel one either has to accept all the net has to offer, taking sensible precautions but not being overly paranoid about it, or one just gives up and goes back to the abacus or pocket calculator - so much of the power of modern computing is tied up in net-based usage and cloud access that to remove those elements would hamstring one's experience.
So, I take precautions, but don't worry overly about it all, and I also place a degree of trust in various companies that their position and history demonstrates; in other words, yes Google are a large corporate, but they take security and data privacy pretty seriously, whereas Facebook are just basically clown shoes, and are only interested in whatever cash they can lever out of you, or by selling your details and access to you, to the highest bidder.
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