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<h1 style="text-align: center;">what google knows about you</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li><strong>] I was checking out "<a href="/view/article?id=1901" target="_blank">google now</a>" - an app from 'the GOOG',</strong>&nbsp;which is currently available for some of&nbsp;the newest android(4.2+) smartphones and also availble now on ios devices and&nbsp;even in your web browser, if your in&nbsp;the 50% using google's chrome browser.( currently in the beta version of chrome, coming soon to all versions)&nbsp;</li>
<li>] Google Now uses LOCATION and SEARCH data together to provide you with REAL TIME, PREDICTIVE, CONTEXT SENSITIVE data (CARDS)&nbsp;in RELATION to a growing number of useful services. Here are a few examples from our google now app review article ...</li>
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<li><strong>] reminders <br /></strong></li>
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<li>] now displays reminders from your google calendar about any upcomings appointment you may have</li>
<li>] it can also do 'predictive reminders', for example, you have in appointment at 'another location' in 1 hour, now may remind you that you need to leave now in order to reach your appointment destination in time, based upon the current traffic conditions</li>
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<li><strong>] navigation - i am standing on the subway platform and it tells me</strong></li>
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<li>] when the next train will arrive, (OR plane OR&nbsp;bus OR ...&nbsp;)</li>
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<li><strong>] search - where can i go for lunch around here?</strong></li>
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<li>] ...</li>
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<li><strong>] how is 'my team' doing?</strong></li>
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<li>] what the score in the current game is ... , we scored, when the next game is, ....</li>
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<li><strong>] package shipment status</strong></li>
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<li>] reads information from your gmail, notifies you of</li>
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<li><strong>] interacts with other google services ...</strong></li>
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<li><strong>] some of my first thoughts when i saw this ... were WOW! <br /></strong></li>
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<li>] that "sounds really cool" AND&nbsp;</li>
<li>] 'i want it - "NOW" ' &nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] but it does pose, perhaps a "bigger question" of, what exactly does "google" know about me?</strong></li>
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<li>] and maybe you too</li>
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<li><strong>] and perhaps, more importantly, what are "they doing" with "what they know about me"?</strong></li>
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<li>] that is the $64 ?</li>
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<li><strong>] keeping in mind that 'the GOOG' is a corporation ... and that all corporations exist solely to<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">&nbsp;create value for their shareholders</span>&nbsp;make $</strong></li>
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<li>] and that&nbsp;the majority of the money that google makes ( 30/32 billion in FY 2013 QTR # or %) is&nbsp;from selling advertising&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] and obviously delivering "ads" targeted towards "me" based upon "my information"</strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;&nbsp;as they explain, this&nbsp;increases an ads 'relevancy' (the chance i/you may click on any given ad)&nbsp;which doesnt seem so so terrible, does it? Now given that ...&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] i do realize - there is no free lunch&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] and that "the price of admission" for the use of googles "free" products/services is ... "my information"</li>
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<h2>[WHY use google ]</h2>
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<li><strong>] free services&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] there is no free lunch, ] if your not paying for the product, you are the product ]</li>
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<li><strong>] search</strong></li>
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<li>] the little search engine that grew,&nbsp;and grew and grew</li>
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<li><strong>] gmail</strong></li>
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<li>] in the beginning</li>
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<li><strong>] drive</strong></li>
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<li>] your 'office' tools, including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and illustration software</li>
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<li><strong>] g+ - a social network plus a little bit more ...</strong></li>
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<li>] another social network attempt by google, this one's for real and has got some legs ...</li>
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<li><strong>] more and more&nbsp;google</strong></li>
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<li><strong>] and then came android</strong></li>
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<li><strong>] and now</strong></li>
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<li>] google now -</li>
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<h2>[WHY NOT use google, what google knows about me (and maybe you too)]</h2>
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<li><strong>] who i talk to to ...&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] email contacts</li>
<li>] android contacts</li>
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<li><strong>] who i know -&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] gmail contacts - ( address book )</li>
<li>] g+ followers -&nbsp;</li>
<li>] g+ following -&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] my 'social network' -</strong></li>
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<li>] comments</li>
<li>] posts</li>
<li>] +1</li>
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<li><strong>] where i&nbsp; am -&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] chrome geolocation -&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] where i am going -</strong></li>
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<li>] calendar -</li>
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<li><strong>] g+ who i am</strong></li>
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<li>] my interests - g+ communities</li>
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<li><strong>] google search - what i am&nbsp;searching for</strong></li>
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<li>] my search history - everything i have ever searched for, on google,</li>
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<li><strong>] where i went after i searched for something on google</strong></li>
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<li>] tracking -</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;to use [what]</li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] to use [what]</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
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<li>] what in action</li>
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<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<li>] what does google know about you - find out here</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1121693--here-s-how-to-find-out-what-google-knows-about-you">http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1121693--here-s-how-to-find-out-what-google-knows-about-you</a></li>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]<span style="font-size: 10px;">&nbsp;</span></h2>
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<li><strong>] digital surveillance</strong></li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=2550" target="_blank">yes, they are watching you</a></li>
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<li><strong>] google now</strong></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="/view/article?id=1901" target="_blank">#1901 google now - app</a>&nbsp;- review</li>
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<li><strong>]&nbsp;case against google now -</strong>&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] http://gizmodo.com/5895010/the-case-against-google</li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-case-against-google-now-2013-6">http://www.businessinsider.com/the-case-against-google-now-2013-6</a></li>
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<li><strong>] case against google search&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] video on vimeo, by ddg founder gabe @conference&nbsp;</li>
<li>] http://gizmodo.com/5875571/google-just-made-bing-the-best-search-engine</li>
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<li><strong>x] the case against gmail &nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] http://www.zdnet.com/the-case-against-gmail-7000022571/&nbsp;</li>
<li><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">] http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/11/microsoft-builds-new-tool-to-help-gmail-users-move-to-outlook-com/&nbsp;</span></strong></li>
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<li><strong>+] google support - #fail</strong></li>
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<li>] hn article&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] google delivery - of nexus products #fail</strong></li>
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<li>] nexus 4</li>
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<li><strong>] google - taking back control of android #fail ?? &nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] # 2229 - <a href="/view/article?id=2229" target="_blank">google is taking android back, the how and why</a></li>
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<li><strong>] msft's scroogled campaign </strong>- a msft marketing attempt at making a case against google -</li>
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<li>] ref windows weekly - E #1372 S# 1106</li>
<li>] parody of google chrome ad + orig ad ] &lt;iframe width="640" height="390" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bSIlUXOH2iA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</li>
<li>] ms blog &nbsp;scroogled &nbsp;] http://blog.scroogled.com/</li>
<li>] EX of replacing google shopping with google ads</li>
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<li><strong>] and more food for thought ...</strong></li>
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<li>] <a href="http://donttrack.us" target="_blank">google tracking</a>, records of your google searches&nbsp;,&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=2138" target="_blank">everyone knows google is evil</a> -&nbsp;</li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="/view/article?id=2565" target="_blank">can we all just admit that google is evil</a> - @fastcompany</li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=2082" target="_blank">google and your location history</a> -&nbsp;</li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=2135" target="_blank">surveillance valley </a>-</li>
<li>] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Google" target="_blank">criticism of google</a> - @wikipedia</li>
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<li><strong>] creep factor +1</strong></li>
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<li>] fb revelations - what you post - and "what you typed" in the post box before you posted</li>
<li>] NEW google shows your username and your picture in ADS to &nbsp;your friends/circles without your knowledge</li>
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<h2>find = google - things relied upon for google ( gizmodo article )</h2>
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<p>"Imagine you woke up tomorrow and Google was gone. You would still be able to search the Web. You could still send email. You could still use maps, make phone calls, watch videos, network with friends, write blog posts. There would be a period of adjustment, and it would be incredibly inconvenient but you would get by. There are other options.</p>
<p>Some would feel it more than others; Google is a tool of the masses. Despite more than 20 years of the World Wide Web and more than 35 of personal computers, the Internet is still a very troubling place for many people. Google is the cipher they use to make sense of the chaos."</p>
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