Comments on: In Online Privacy Fight, Google Blinks http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/in-online-privacy-fight-google-blinks/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:58:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Google Dashboard: Will You Need a Warrant for That? http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/in-online-privacy-fight-google-blinks/#comment-982786 Google Dashboard: Will You Need a Warrant for That? Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:33:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20445#comment-982786 <p>[...] email, YouTube, Maps and web searches, but how it can farm that data to discover more about me (and how long it keeps it). People know they have Gmail accounts — what they don’t know is which Google [...]</p> [...] email, YouTube, Maps and web searches, but how it can farm that data to discover more about me (and how long it keeps it). People know they have Gmail accounts — what they don’t know is which Google [...]

]]> By: Choose Your Own Ads Google Style http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/in-online-privacy-fight-google-blinks/#comment-930910 Choose Your Own Ads Google Style Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:59:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20445#comment-930910 <p>[...] Google’s other activities — such as keeping search data stored for so long and sharing some of that information with public officials — that make me cautious. The roving [...]</p> [...] Google’s other activities — such as keeping search data stored for so long and sharing some of that information with public officials — that make me cautious. The roving [...]

]]> By: Yahoo Will Delete Some Data After 3 Months http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/in-online-privacy-fight-google-blinks/#comment-918302 Yahoo Will Delete Some Data After 3 Months Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:00:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20445#comment-918302 <p>[...] (double that in cases of fraud or suspicious activity). This ups the ante for other search firms Google, which halved its data retention time to nine months in September, and Microsoft, which has said it will drop its data retention times to [...]</p> [...] (double that in cases of fraud or suspicious activity). This ups the ante for other search firms Google, which halved its data retention time to nine months in September, and Microsoft, which has said it will drop its data retention times to [...]

]]> By: AT&T Controls the Future of Privacy — Seriously - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/in-online-privacy-fight-google-blinks/#comment-913862 AT&T Controls the Future of Privacy — Seriously - GigaOM Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:12:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20445#comment-913862 <p>[...] on the board, can start its own privacy think tank and we can watch the fight unfurl between caching private data for later use, and profiting from data as it travels through the ISPs’ [...]</p> [...] on the board, can start its own privacy think tank and we can watch the fight unfurl between caching private data for later use, and profiting from data as it travels through the ISPs’ [...]

]]> By: Canoe Ventures Wants Your Data « NewTeeVee http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/in-online-privacy-fight-google-blinks/#comment-912559 Canoe Ventures Wants Your Data « NewTeeVee Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:32:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20445#comment-912559 <p>[...] Ventures Wants Your Data Within the year, cable companies are going to invade your privacy Google style. Canoe Ventures outlined its strategy today at the NewTeeVee Live conference in San Francisco, [...]</p> [...] Ventures Wants Your Data Within the year, cable companies are going to invade your privacy Google style. Canoe Ventures outlined its strategy today at the NewTeeVee Live conference in San Francisco, [...]

]]> By: The Rambling Fish » Blog Archive » Google, Chrome, and privacy http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/in-online-privacy-fight-google-blinks/#comment-898911 The Rambling Fish » Blog Archive » Google, Chrome, and privacy Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:16:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20445#comment-898911 <p>[...] In Online Privacy Fight, Google Blinks [...]</p> [...] In Online Privacy Fight, Google Blinks [...]

]]> By: michaelportent http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/in-online-privacy-fight-google-blinks/#comment-898737 michaelportent Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:21:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20445#comment-898737 <p>The problem with this kind of security expose is that Google is doing what every online service provider has done for ages - tracking the behavior of their users to learn more about how they should improve. We're naive to think everybody isn't doing this. Google, as they've grown, has just been more heavily scrutinized.</p> <p>Is it shady? Yeah, definitely. Does it help them make a better product? Yeah, probably. Are they ripping vital data from us? No, probably not. It's just our responsibility to manage tracking cookies with discretion. Companies won't stop doing this unless they don't have anything to gain from it.</p> The problem with this kind of security expose is that Google is doing what every online service provider has done for ages – tracking the behavior of their users to learn more about how they should improve. We’re naive to think everybody isn’t doing this. Google, as they’ve grown, has just been more heavily scrutinized.

Is it shady? Yeah, definitely. Does it help them make a better product? Yeah, probably. Are they ripping vital data from us? No, probably not. It’s just our responsibility to manage tracking cookies with discretion. Companies won’t stop doing this unless they don’t have anything to gain from it.

]]> By: Peter Min http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/in-online-privacy-fight-google-blinks/#comment-898571 Peter Min Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:27:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20445#comment-898571 <p>If you're interested in privacy issues in this Web 2.0 age, check out the "Lifestreaming: The Real Time Web" event on Sep 16th. FriendFeed and Seesmic are going to be there on the panel. http://www.vlab.org/article.html?aid=221</p> If you’re interested in privacy issues in this Web 2.0 age, check out the “Lifestreaming: The Real Time Web” event on Sep 16th. FriendFeed and Seesmic are going to be there on the panel. http://www.vlab.org/article.html?aid=221

]]> By: ronald http://gigaom.com/2008/09/09/in-online-privacy-fight-google-blinks/#comment-898533 ronald Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:31:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=20445#comment-898533 <p>How long did it take to find real people in, I think, AOL so called anonymous search data? This is just a PR release to make technically challenged people (EU bureaucrats) believe they have gained something.</p> How long did it take to find real people in, I think, AOL so called anonymous search data? This is just a PR release to make technically challenged people (EU bureaucrats) believe they have gained something.

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