Data mining you to death

Skybird · 10-31-08, 11:35 AM

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...587546,00.html

Yep. That is exactly the reason why I avoid using Goggle search anymore, and bash their browser, Chrome. Information is not only money, it also is power. And Google's power is without counterbalance and counter-controlled. Not to mention legitimation of the kind we demand for legal and governmental power.

SteamWake · 10-31-08, 01:03 PM

More paranoia.

FIREWALL · 10-31-08, 01:10 PM

WHAT KINDA DRUGS ARE YOU ON ? :p :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Didn't your Mother teach you to share ?

Wolfehunter · 10-31-08, 02:10 PM

I've mention to my wife to stop using google and yahoo but she doesn't care.

I believe most people don't care untill something wrong hits them but its too late.

August · 10-31-08, 04:08 PM

There is nothing wrong with the street views in google earth. That article is a piece of major paranoia.

Digital_Trucker · 10-31-08, 04:21 PM

Just a bit of a stretch to say that banks could use the info they're gathering to adjust interest rates on mortgages based on property conditions since this isn't going to be real-time data. Besides which, the bank could get a picture of your property any time they wanted to, anyway.

And I thought I was paranoid

August · 10-31-08, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Digital_Trucker

Just a bit of a stretch to say that banks could use the info they're gathering to adjust interest rates on mortgages based on property conditions since this isn't going to be real-time data. Besides which, the bank could get a picture of your property any time they wanted to, anyway.

And I thought I was paranoid

Exactly. You go to the City of Providence tax assessors office and you can view a picture that they have taken of every building in their jurisdiction.

FIREWALL · 10-31-08, 04:57 PM

Skybird · 10-31-08, 05:24 PM

Is carelessness an American virtue? It happens so often with you guys. Environment. Finances, private debts, and mortgages... and now data sensibility. Now, political class is corrupt, environment is messed up, the privbate debts are ruining hundreds of thousnads of families and the credit market has just molten down.

Maybe now wanting to try some more care, for a change? At least it does not hurt - that's the worst that can happen. Why always waiting for the desaster to have happened before taking action, but then too late?

Digital_Trucker · 10-31-08, 05:37 PM

Firewall, where did you get that picture of my house?:rotfl:

SteamWake · 10-31-08, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Thats pretty nice... HO scale I suppose. Still nice work.

Blacklight · 10-31-08, 05:58 PM

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Firewall, where did you get that picture of my house?:rotfl:

You know.. that's amazing ! I live in that house too, on the top floor ! I must be your upstairs neighbor !!! :rotfl:

Digital_Trucker · 10-31-08, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Blacklight

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Firewall, where did you get that picture of my house?:rotfl:

You know.. that's amazing ! I live in that house too, on the top floor ! I must be your upstairs neighbor !!! :rotfl:

Now I know who to yell at to keep the noise down

:rotfl:

SUBMAN1 · 10-31-08, 09:07 PM

I am convinced Skybird was born in the wrong time. He would probably be better off in the 1400's or so. Of course, they were more religious back then - Heresy was a big deal. Maybe you just don't belong here?

-S

10-31-08, 11:35 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Data mining you to death http://www.spiegel.de/international/...587546,00.html Yep. That is exactly the reason why I avoid using Goggle search anymore, and bash their browser, Chrome. Information is not only money, it also is power. And Google's power is without counterbalance and counter-controlled. Not to mention legitimation of the kind we demand for legal and governmental power. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

10-31-08, 01:10 PM	#3
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	WHAT KINDA DRUGS ARE YOU ON ? :p :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Didn't your Mother teach you to share ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

10-31-08, 02:10 PM	#4
Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	I've mention to my wife to stop using google and yahoo but she doesn't care. I believe most people don't care untill something wrong hits them but its too late. __________________

10-31-08, 04:08 PM	#5
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	There is nothing wrong with the street views in google earth. That article is a piece of major paranoia. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

10-31-08, 04:21 PM	#6
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	Just a bit of a stretch to say that banks could use the info they're gathering to adjust interest rates on mortgages based on property conditions since this isn't going to be real-time data. Besides which, the bank could get a picture of your property any time they wanted to, anyway. And I thought I was paranoid __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

10-31-08, 01:03 PM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	More paranoia.

10-31-08, 04:57 PM	#8
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	__________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

10-31-08, 05:24 PM	#9
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Is carelessness an American virtue? It happens so often with you guys. Environment. Finances, private debts, and mortgages... and now data sensibility. Now, political class is corrupt, environment is messed up, the privbate debts are ruining hundreds of thousnads of families and the credit market has just molten down. Maybe now wanting to try some more care, for a change? At least it does not hurt - that's the worst that can happen. Why always waiting for the desaster to have happened before taking action, but then too late? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

10-31-08, 05:37 PM	#10
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	Firewall, where did you get that picture of my house?:rotfl: __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

10-31-08, 09:07 PM	#14
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I am convinced Skybird was born in the wrong time. He would probably be better off in the 1400's or so. Of course, they were more religious back then - Heresy was a big deal. Maybe you just don't belong here? -S __________________