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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Shadlington, Jun 30, 2011.

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  1. Shadlington

    Shadlington THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Any of you fine folks got a Google+ account yet?
    If so, could I get an invite?

    (I'm aware the invite system is closed temporarily but it'll be back soon, hopefully)
     
    Shadlington, Jun 30, 2011
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  2. HODOR

    HODOR Guest

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    HODOR, Jun 30, 2011
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  3. Shadlington

    Shadlington THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Yeppers, seen that.
    That comic made me think 'hey, that's actually kinda true'.
    That, plus half my twitter feed exploding with people talking about G+ or asking for invites for G+ is the reason I'm now looking for a G+ invite myself ;)
     
    Shadlington, Jun 30, 2011
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  4. poe

    poe Shopkeep Stealer

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    Google is starting to take too much information from people....
     
    poe, Jun 30, 2011
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  5. Shadlington

    Shadlington THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    'Starting'? ;P

    I've never cared much for the privacy debate (beyond 'don't sell my info to companies without my permission').
    At this point google knows almost everything it needs to know about me anyway so a little more won't hurt, and what trust I do have in them is greater than the trust I have in facebook.
     
    Shadlington, Jun 30, 2011
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  6. Snow

    Snow Guest

    Google has already been taking too much info from people. A lady who used to work for the Privacy Commissioner in Canada or one of the provinces warned us (in programming class) never ever to use google for email. I do have an account, but I rarely use it and used a fake name and age. Too bad I can never select 300 years old as my age when I sign up for stuff. I mean what if I was 300.. It's possible.
     
    Snow, Jun 30, 2011
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  7. Shadlington

    Shadlington THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    My phone, browser, documents, satnav, email and (of course) search engine are all google-powered so at this point there is little they don't know about me.
    I know they use my data to target me with advertising but that's okay with me so long as they don't sell my data on without my permission - which they don't.

    ...Though don't take that as meaning I'm not suspicious of them. I just trust them to know that privacy breaches are bad for business.
     
    Shadlington, Jun 30, 2011
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  8. Monsteri

    Monsteri Slower Than Light Tester

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    Well, just never give your REAL personal information to them, for an example I always lie my age and day of birth, and put to my name 'kakka pönttö' for an example. (which ain't my real name)
     
    Monsteri, Jul 1, 2011
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  9. Shadlington

    Shadlington THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    ...why? I want my friends to be able to find me.

    Anyway, I have my G+ account now :D

    EDIT: It is awesome.
     
    Shadlington, Jul 1, 2011
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  10. sado

    sado Shopkeep Stealer

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    I'm sort of Google fanboy so I pretty much can't have other opinion than I have, but I don't really care (yet) about them having all the info... as some important Google guy once said - "it's true that we've got sh*tloads of your data... but would you prefer them to be had by someone else?" I think I wouldn't. (MS, Apple? :/) And I don't live in USA so I don't fear they might pass my info to the government after being forced by them or something. I don't feel anyone there would care about me, to begin with. It's an interesting topic though, I'd love to see some opposing opinions.

    (and if anyone looks for g+ invite, pm meh)
     
    sado, Jul 1, 2011
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