Re: [projectvrm] Google's attempt to make a safer ad medium

[Don Marti < >]

Conventional wisdom on the "Google has no choice but
to be creepy" problem:

  
https://aralbalkan.com/notes/apple-vs-google-on-privacy-a-tale-of-absolute-competitive-advantage/

It's not as bad as all that, though.

Google has not just personal info to work with,
but also...

 * published content 

 * user intent "in the moment" -- the text being
   searched for or an individual voice command

 * data gathered from sources other than users or the
   web (weather, traffic, financial markets...)

Google could compete on privacy -- relying on
competitive advantage in natural language processing,
gathering public data, and computer science.

A post-creepy Google wouldn't be a dead Google, but
a relatively stronger Google (as companies that do
depend more on PII end up suffering more)


begin Guy Higgins quotation of Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:04:38AM -0600:
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> Google is helping you protect yourself from ³bad² people, but obviously not
> from the ³good² guys ‹ aka Google.
> 
> Guy
> 
> From:  Katherine Warman Kern 
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> Date:  Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 5:28
> To:  Project VRM 
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> Subject:  [projectvrm] Google's attempt to make a safer ad medium
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> What the?
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> > From: comradity 
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> > Date: June 10, 2015 at 6:49:08 AM EDT
> > To: Project VRM 
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> > Subject: Fwd: Your account settings in one place at My Account
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> > What the?
> > 
> > Katherine Warman Kern
> > 
> > Begin forwarded message:
> > 
> >> From: Google 
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> >> Date: June 10, 2015 at 3:59:19 AM EDT
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> >> Subject: Your account settings in one place at My Account
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> >> Controls to protect and secure your Google Account
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> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >>  
> >> We want you to know that you can manage your privacy and security 
> >> settings in
> >> one place, My Account
> >> <https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/MRezSucYysbghu4jUBx_x2GsyELaIebu0wuG3L
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Don Marti                    
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