Comments on: Google’s Anonymizer Not So Hot

By: jozi

jozi — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:52:31 +0000

yea you are are D-BAG! ;p

By: Google Privacy News

Google Privacy News — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:37:39 +0000

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By: Serviced Apartments Bangalore

Serviced Apartments Bangalore — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:21:07 +0000

google is pure evil…

By: Craig Quiter

Craig Quiter — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:53:54 +0000

Should people stop using Google then?

If Microsoft shared usage data received through things like automatic updates, license registrations or product patches, would it be easy to use another OS or another suite of office tools?

By: John D.

John D. — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:04:22 +0000

The Internet now is being censored in the U.S. exactly the same as in Communist China. Steps are being taken to limit what web sites Americans will be allowed to visit.

http://www.yout...KWP0&fmt=18

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:54:26 +0000

Microsoft makes money by selling software that is installed on computers. Essentially you can never communicate with MS ever again if that is your choice.

Yet Google gives all of their stuff away for free. Why? Because they make money by selling advertising. How do they do that? By keeping track of its users.

You can hate Microsoft for its monopoly but if you think Google acts in the public good, you are sorely mistaken.

By: marc

marc — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:26:07 +0000

Google filters out search results in China for words like “democracy”.
They kiss the hands of dictators.

To make money.
To make money.
To make money.

So can we trust Google?
We can trust Google to make money.
-like Cisco-
Cisco built the biggest digital prison ever made by humans.
How alien, how despicable and how easy they get away with it.

Google and Cisco just don’t give a damn and changing data instead of destroying data is just another insult to our intelligence.

By: Craig Quiter

Craig Quiter — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:59:46 +0000

How does anyone ever really know what is done with data after we send it to a company? Unless they misuse it, we don’t. Are there third party checks on making sure privacy policy is upheld? No, and there shouldn’t be. It would just be a waste of time. If Google, Microsoft or anybody else, publishes, sells, or gives personally sensitive data away, we will eventually find out, lose trust in that company and abandon it. Something very easily done with Google since its monopoly is not a result of customer lock-in. As much as we whine about privacy policy, we really don’t know or have any control over what companies do anyway. We just have to trust them until we find reason not to. The same goes with people.

All that said, Google is probably the only company who actually does what they say with personal data. I would be amazed if anybody actually trusts Microsoft to do what they say.

By: Robert Accettura

Robert Accettura — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:50:57 +0000

Strange that they couldn’t replace the IP with something like country#.municipal#.hash(IP,salt()).

Would still track people (anonymously though), and give information regarding location, just like a real IP.

By: Marcio

Marcio — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:13:20 +0000

Maybe they want to keep geographical information.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:57:17 +0000

I meant that I read far *less* TC articles now in Paragraph 2 up there. Not far more :p

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:56:31 +0000

Click “Read More!” on the TC front page, only to have to click “Read More!” again to be taken to CrunchBase?

I like the new TC layout aesthetically, but I read far more TC articles now, and spend far less time on TC now, because I have to click-through to read each and every one. I understand why the decision was made, but from an END USER standpoint, it’s terrible.

You went from a design where you could load up TechCrunch.com and read the 10 latest stories, to a design where 10 clicks are needed to read 10 stories. How is that superior, for the user? It’s not like TC was hurting for pageviews…

By: Merredith

Merredith — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:42:09 +0000

Was really looking forward to reading the rest of the story… can we keep it on TC or fix the link to CrunchGear? Thanks.

By: Shayne

Shayne — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:30:19 +0000

Busted link to CrunchGear FYI

By: Andrew C

Andrew C — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:20:27 +0000

Um. FIRST!

(Just because I’ve never been before… I’m a D-bag, I know.)