BY: Jordan Price
Google, we all use it just about everyday and most of us
would admit that it is very useful and convenient, but is it safe? Google has
been caught on numerous occasions now attempting to & successfully working
its way around preset privacy settings for both Apples safari browser and
Microsoft’s Internet explorer. Microsoft claims that Google has been
circumventing their “P3P privacy protection” feature, which is a web standard
that forces a website to reveal what they plan to do with the information collected
from a user. Microsoft claims that Google is able to use a nuance if the P3P
specifications that allows them to bypass a users specific privacy settings.
This which means that even if a user sets their internet browsers privacy
settings to deny third party cookies, Google will still be able to track what
sites they look at and what they do on those sites; and extreme invasion of
privacy in the eyes of many. Google has also been more recently accused of
using these same deceptive tactics to bypass the privacy settings on
smartphones, allowing them to monitor users behavior on their phones similar to
the way their Internet use is monitored.
Google Claims that they bypass these privacy policies to in fact,
enhance users web browsing experience and allow for better functionality of Google’s
“+1” features. However Google has always used our information for not only our
benefit but also for their own as they sell much of this information to
company’s that want to target us with advertisements. Google is now even
planning collect all of this information they have been “monitoring” and put it
in one place, giving its users a “profile,” where information bout what we do
and search online in private may become public.
The collecting of our
information into once place & the concept of new Google technology such as
Google glass calls for a more advanced understanding of the what you do on the
web and how it can affect you in the real world.
Google Glass
This is interesting, because myself and a lot of my friends have google accounts. So I feel that if google collects all of this information and places it in once big file. They will just be making a profit by selling to other third party companies.
ReplyDeleteThe google glasses are a great product, but there are a few things that worry me. Jordan brings up a good point with Google's access to our personal information. Passwords, history, bookmarks, and more are all stored by Google. This is scary, because there are many ways hackers can access this information. Since Google accounts are beginning to be utilized everywhere, many hackers now know a central location/host to locate this private information. I hope this matter is investigated.
ReplyDeleteGoogle is a great company. However, they should stick to following the rules when it comes to users' privacy. There is no reason they can't follow the rules and continue to be successful. Invading privacy doesn't insure better customer service.
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