Why Google Should Terrify You [Video]

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Posted March 8, 2010 at 6:26pm by Shalom Levytam

Meet Google. The noun that became a verb. The world's favourite search engine, and the company whose motto is "Don't be evil..."

A recent segment about the search giant on Australian news program The Hungry Beast reveals why people are becoming increasing concerned with the integration of Google into our daily lives.

While this video does paint an overly dark picture; some of Google CEO Eric Schmidts comments should concern you.

Take a look at the video below...

[via Business Insider]

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John - March 9, 2010 at 8:46am

Funny how this video is brought to you through YouTube including an embedded ad...

rcall - March 9, 2010 at 8:59pm

Hahaha so true. So Google has a finger in everything industry, is that bad? Maybe they are just a company that knows how to do business. Some of the privacy issues do make me a little nervous though....

Santana - March 9, 2010 at 7:38am

Come on this is a way it work wend u have money you try to cover all the areas u u can. All big company do the same if i had the money and the oportunity i would do the same. Google is a big company and it smart using there money to get into all the market it can. But at the end we make are choice were we put are inf.

schiwe - March 9, 2010 at 4:35am

use linux and be free! :)

fenrry - March 9, 2010 at 2:48am

...is this a Mapple add?, wonder what she uses for editing all her work and also why she decries everything Google...is this a new "Conspiracy?"

Alex - March 8, 2010 at 9:25pm

Kinda scary, but then, if you've got nothing ugly to hide, there's no need to get freaked out. Consolidation of services is a good thing. It makes it more convenient for everyone. Ultimately, it's the users who would be final judge. If the consumers see that they're abusing their power, then the consumers would stop supporting them, which would open opportunities to their competition to rise up. Freedom would still rule.

Not Surprised - March 8, 2010 at 7:58pm

187 patents? Thats nothing. Look up how many patents IBM did last year. Trying to control your access to information is nothing new either, and Google isn't the only company attempting to do it. Apple wants to control your whole digital life too. From the device to the distribution platform. They even want to sell you software and hardware on the content creation side too. From the content consumption side they want to control every aspect of your experience. They will deny any app or platform that threatens that control. Flash, which acts as a gateway to free content all over the world, falls right into this category. Microsoft is yet another example, as are the media conglomerates. Welcome to the modern America, the land of Oligopolies.

pghilrd - March 8, 2010 at 7:57pm

HAHA, cmon someone is going to own all this information at one point. Whats the difference? We volunteer our our preferences everyday when we get on our computers. I hope google knows all this about me so they can create a device that suffices all my perfect preferences. Control through fear yet again...

AppIe - March 8, 2010 at 7:30pm

Yeah. Sent from my iPhone

fenrry - March 9, 2010 at 2:42am

Love ur reply!

James - March 8, 2010 at 7:08pm

Wow makes you think....LOVE THIS!

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