'Google for spies' draws ire from rights groups
A multinational security firm has secretly developed software capable of tracking people's movements and predicting future behaviour by mining data from social networking websites
Yeah, and I notice that some webpages won't let you use their services unless you consent to allowing cookies. Also, the smartphone that I got won't let you use some of those services unless you allow some creepy tracking software. It's like they are aggressively seeking out your personal information for the purposes of using it against you in furtherance of their own interests.
It may well be true that the internet is a good thing for communication amongst the population, but the price to be paid for it may be too high.
The people are just sheep being set up to be slaughtered.
Update:
More here at Zero Hedge.
Google Moves to Destroy Online Anonymity … Helping Authoritarian Governments In the Process
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Knocks into a cocked hat Glenn Reynolds idea that an Army of Davids can make a difference in this fishbowl world of the internet. Looks to me like the government has already checkmated that possibility.
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