Where do you draw the line ?

britexpat
By britexpat

Or rather , the Creepy Line..

I don't know whether you guys picked up on this, but recently Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, said that his company’s policy was “to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it”.

What is even more worrying is that last week, Google admitted that it had been collecting emails, passwords and web addresses from wireless networks across Britain.

The data was collected by Google’s Street View cars, which traverse streets across the globe taking photographs that Google uses in its mapping services.

Are you not worried about privacy or such data being taken without your consent ? In my opinion, you should be....

By anonymous• 26 Oct 2010 13:25
anonymous

It is an invasion of privacy but the sad thing with internet is, nothing is private anymore..

By eby1975• 26 Oct 2010 12:12
eby1975

Now a days everyone post their details on net with photos.. so what sort of privacy are we talking here.. by going through is fb or twitter account, u can pretty much profile a person

By s_isale• 26 Oct 2010 12:04
s_isale

they are just becoming an arm of the American security agencies. You may call it conspiracy theory but have you ever heard CIA or FBI making any noise about the same?

By FathimaH• 26 Oct 2010 11:06
FathimaH

its not really that we are cool with it all, more like helpless.. do we have an option?As of now it pays to be very cautious when putting fourth any personal info up there and being as tech savvy as possible is a bonus!

By LostInSpace• 26 Oct 2010 11:01
LostInSpace

I agree mate - if this was suggested 15 years ago there would have been international outcry! Like you said we just accept nowadays

By flor1212• 26 Oct 2010 11:00
flor1212

you want to live the modern times, live what's with it! It's not right, so live right so you don't hide anything!

By britexpat• 26 Oct 2010 10:57
britexpat

The sad thing is that we are becoming aceepting of such actions and do not think it inappropriate. :O(

By LostInSpace• 26 Oct 2010 10:52
LostInSpace

invasion of privacy!

By flor1212• 26 Oct 2010 10:49
flor1212

they may have been doing it for a long time and we never knew when they started. Saying it WRONG will not change anything. That's the danger of modern technology! You stop one, another crops up!

By britexpat• 26 Oct 2010 10:46
britexpat

Don't you feel that it is wrong - Even if they kep the data for a month ?

This is being done without your knowledge or consent..

By flor1212• 26 Oct 2010 10:45
flor1212

they are not looking at gmail accounts!

By anonymous• 26 Oct 2010 10:43
anonymous

I mean it...I really wonder if these guys are trustworthy enough...

By KHATTAK• 26 Oct 2010 10:39
KHATTAK

passwords? how come?

By flor1212• 26 Oct 2010 10:38
flor1212

he did mention that they have the capabilities BUT will not cross it! And they kept the data for a month and lose it after that!

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