Google are planning to use the microphones on home PC's to 'listen' to background chatter, and target you with instant advertising based on key-words it picks up.
Google are planning to use the microphones on home PC's to 'listen' to background chatter, and target you with instant advertising based on key-words it picks up.
More info on it here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/03/google_eavesdropping_software/
Do you think this is taking away people's privacy?
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2006-09-06 21:52:50 · 6 answers · asked by Bunty Hoven 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Yes Definitely!
Jungle boy should listen to the drums or/and prison planet.com
In the UK Big Brother have fixed tags to our trash cans to monitor the amount of(taxable) trash we discard, all without our knowledge or our permission - anything is possible.
So wise up minor leaguers Big Brother& Co want all you've got.
2006-09-09 05:51:38 · answer #1 · answered by treving 42 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edit your question, the text is double ;)
And yes, this is actually a criminal act, unless they have asked you for your permission and have received it to do so.
2006-09-06 21:56:43 · answer #2 · answered by Walter W. Krijthe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may laugh, 'jungle hat', but Microsoft are packaging this new technology with their up-coming operating systems, and it doesn't ask permission. It doesn't tell you about it either.
Laugh it up, jungle dude!
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2006-09-06 23:02:53 · answer #3 · answered by Mo-Loch 322 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can't! Unless you load some ridiculous program or java applet.
It's an interesting technology though! I won't go there!
2006-09-06 21:56:47 · answer #4 · answered by jake cigar™ is retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-09-06 21:54:12 · answer #5 · answered by someone e.... 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha, Ha, hilarious, please tell me another............. :-)
Don`t buy any google goods, easy innit :-)
2006-09-06 21:59:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋