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Google vs. the rest: Is it fair?

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Tuxman:
Google is the one who delivers the best results in search-Shades (November 01, 2009, 08:27 PM)
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Google is the one who delivers the most Google-products results and who cares a lot about fake meta tags.

zridling:
One thing that does reassure me about Google's fair actions is that they have yet to abuse the privacy of their users to date. Being a search company, its spiders are logging and instantly linking everything, including the content of your emails. Never had a problem with their apps, viz., email. But if they do start horning in on my hermetic life, then I'll act.

I'm far more worried about government action/inaction on issues of DNA databases, copyright, and patents, where tech faces increasing danger of being criminalized.

Tuxman:
including the content of your emails-zridling (November 02, 2009, 06:59 AM)
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So emails are "just such a virtual thing" and in no way comparable to actual letters to you?

Eóin:
Plaintext emails are like postcards, you didn't bother to put it in an envelope so the postman is perfectly entitled to read it 8)

Kamel:
Plaintext emails are like postcards, you didn't bother to put it in an envelope so the postman is perfectly entitled to read it 8)
-Eóin (November 02, 2009, 08:44 AM)
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I get your point, but completely disagree. Average people can use envelopes without being instructed. Encryption, however, is not something most people can use. If I'm trying to get a job somewhere, and I send in my information encrypted, I would have about a 0% chance of getting that job.

Also, one can not control the method in which e-mails are sent to them. Many places have made it a habit to e-mail you with very privileged information after signing up, such as usernames, passwords, etc.

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