Officially Google Free for 15 seconds and counting.

[CoolioG]

After reading the F*ck You, Google article on Gizmodo.com, Completly hating the way Google introduced Buzz, and recently changing my email address to email provider GMX.com for the nicer UI. I have finally pressed the button to cancel my Google account not even 15 seconds ago from within my Google Chrome web browser. Don't get me wrong, I like Google's products and a lot of other people do to BUT I didn't use Google for anything else since I closed my g-mail account.

But, the article on Gizmodo is a very,very good read and a comment on the blog said a very true statement. -

Has Barak Obama ever visited *Insert pornographic website here*, or made some intemperate remarks about white people in his emails? I have no idea, but Sergei and Larry [the creators of Google] do, and if he did, they own him now. You too of course, same for all the senators and congressman, one false step on line and the Google has got your number.

When a worker working for Facebook told the world that any information on Facebook can be accessed by any employee within the building, people freaked out. But, it's Facebook's server and they OWN those servers. The thought that server owners shouldn't be able to look at any data on THEIR servers is just stupid. The same thing goes for people that think Google knows to much about them. It's Google's servers and they can store what ever they want on it.

NOTE: I now need a new web browser since I used Google Chrome because it was made by Google....i was such a fanboy....

 

[bassfisher6522]

Well, that takes bashing to a new sophisticated level. It's one's opinion and one is entitled to it. Only question I've got is: Where are my civil liberties and rights going? They are slowly being eroded away one little bit and bite at a time. Pardon the pun. I thought it quaint.

 

[CoolioG]

I wasn't trying to bash anyone or rant. Sorry if It felt like I was. I was just posting about how I'm now 100% Google Free (If such a thing is possible).

 

[jfar]

Haven't governments being doing that since the Chinese discovered rice. There is nothing new with this. If you are in the know you are in the know, it is what you do with it that counts.

 

[CoolioG]

Haven't governments being doing that since the Chinese discovered rice. There is nothing new with this. If you are in the know you are in the know, it is what you do with it that counts.

O rly?

 

[Airbot]

IMO, That rant of an article is some of the worst bunch of gobbledee goop I've ever read. Poorly written and presented. Sorry, you were saying it was a very good read?

 

[stew2]

I wish more people would start moving away from googles products. Every PC i work on i warn the users of using google products and suggest free alternatives.

In the end though its up to them. If they dont care that everything they do on their pc is known by google then they can install google chrome OS, google chrome etc etc. and live in a world like this lol

The Google Toilet // Current

 

[jfar]

I wish more people would start moving away from googles products. Every PC i work on i warn the users of using google products and suggest free alternatives.

In the end though its up to them. If they dont care that everything they do on their pc is known by google then they can install google chrome OS, google chrome etc etc. and live in a world like this lol

The Google Toilet // Current

Excellent,

 

[jfar]

Haven't governments being doing that since the Chinese discovered rice. There is nothing new with this. If you are in the know you are in the know, it is what you do with it that counts.

O rly?

He sounds Irish.

 

[CoolioG]

O rly?

He sounds Irish.

LOL GOOGLE TOILET!

 

[jfar]

OMG I've been O'Reillyed.

 

[hubris]

Lol google toilet! #2

 

[stew2]

Although the google toilet is funny, googles approach to our information is scary.

Tier 1

For instance if you just use google as a search provider then they know everything you search for and keep your ip associated with that information for 9 months.

Tier 2

You use them as a search provider and use the google chrome browser. They now know everything you search for and any typed website addresses. Scary :shock:

Tier 3

You use them as a search provider, use their browser and use them as an email provider. You have now given them access to your emails as well and also if you entered the correct information when signing up, they now have your name, age and address to go along with all your browsing habits.

If you are a tier 3 user then google knows everything about your online activities. Why anyone wants to give that much information to 1 company il never know My advice is stay clear of google if you value your privacy.

P.S if you really dont value your privacy the sign up for google buzz lol

 

[DreemWarrior]

Haven't governments being doing that since the Chinese discovered rice. There is nothing new with this. If you are in the know you are in the know, it is what you do with it that counts.

Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men,
we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents.
Without a prison, there can be no delinquents.
We had no locks, no keys, and therefore among us there were no thieves.
When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket,he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift.
We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property.
We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being
was not determined by his wealth.
We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians,
therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another.
We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don't know
how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.

John (Fire) Lame Deer
Sioux Lakota - 1903-1976

 

[CoolioG]

Tier 2

You use them as a search provider and use the google chrome browser. They now know everything you search for and any typed website addresses. Scary :shock:

Don't forget Google Chrome's Bookmark sync. Now they know all your favorite sites lol

Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men,
we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents.
Without a prison, there can be no delinquents.
We had no locks, no keys, and therefore among us there were no thieves.
When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket,he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift.
We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property.
We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being
was not determined by his wealth.
We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians,
therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another.
We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don't know
how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.

John (Fire) Lame Deer
Sioux Lakota - 1903-1976

I just GOOGLED that quote and that person....How does that have anything to do with Google?

 

[smarteyeball]

I don't blame the author of that article.

Google are rapidly becoming more and more detestable than Apple+Microsoft+Adobe+(your choice) combined.

Give it enough time and type define: privacy into google and the result will be GOOGLE IS PRIVACY.

I have a gmail account. That's all I want it to be. A web based e-mail client. I don't want to be buzzed, I don't want to be waved - I don't want to be a targeted demographic.

 

[DreemWarrior]

Tier 2

You use them as a search provider and use the google chrome browser. They now know everything you search for and any typed website addresses. Scary :shock:

Don't forget Google Chrome's Bookmark sync. Now they know all your favorite sites lol

Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men,
we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents.
Without a prison, there can be no delinquents.
We had no locks, no keys, and therefore among us there were no thieves.
When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket,he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift.
We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property.
We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being
was not determined by his wealth.
We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians,
therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another.
We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don't know
how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.

John (Fire) Lame Deer
Sioux Lakota - 1903-1976

I just GOOGLED that quote and that person....How does that have anything to do with Google?

Not one single thing...at all.

 

[Generator]

Erm, Google makes money via adverts???

Joking aside, Google have always done 'tracking' as most ppl prefer to call it..
Google is a business, business's make money somehow so shouldn't the question be how do they do it?

Yes they scan each single GMail ever typed.. Yeah, they record each search but in all honesty, who dosn't nowadays?

Google are not responsible for every move ppl make whilst using their search engine, if you're gonna use it then thats you're own doing, no-one else's.

Sorry to inform you but this seems to be stereo-typical of todays internet users.

(No offence intended...)

 

[z3r010]

Being google free is almost impossible, while you can opt out from being tracked with the google dart cookie that you get when you visit any site that runs google ads Advertising and Privacy ? Google Privacy Center , you cannot get away from being profiled by google analytics which is the stats program that almost all web sites use.

The only way to be truly google free is to not use the Internet.

 

[kodi]

If you do not want Buzz you can turn it off in Gmail, just login and go to the bottom of the page and look for "turn off buzz" note that it is in very small letters.