Can Google be trusted?

[Cachook]

Likely going with a large-capacty external drive. Likely solid state. Anyone play with a ultrabook?

[djack]

large capacity and solid state.. for anyone interested in a VPN router on the cheap check out building your own router using Untangle, PFsense, or smoothwall

[firstforcerecon]

Originally Posted by Cachook

Thinking long and hard about a Chromebook, I began to ponder how Google can be trusted, and know they do care somewhat about users' privacy, but have gotten into some tussles over privacy issues and bouts with the FCC.

I wonder also how secure this whole cloud computing idea can be. How easy is it to bypass the security on this? Can it do any serious work, like video editing? Thanks.

I have nothing to hide. With that in mind. Under protest and privacy I won't even use their search engine anymore. They seem to have sold out.

[TheLastOutpost]

At least with a motto like do no evil google remains highly scrutinised. I have more of a problem with those thieving hipsters at facebook.

[Survivalguy72]

Originally Posted by Cachook

Can Google be trusted?

No........

[Heartlander]

If you want an eye opener get the extension "Collusion" from Mozilla Firefox. You can see who is tracking you in real time. As I type this Google.com and Google-analytics.com is tracking me among others.

I closed all my google accts when it was revealed that they were working for Obama and making millions doing it.

[TheLastOutpost]

Originally Posted by Heartlander

If you want an eye opener get the extension "Collusion" from Mozilla Firefox. You can see who is tracking you in real time. As I type this Google.com and Google-analytics.com is tracking me among others.

I closed all my google accts when it was revealed that they were working for Obama and making millions doing it.

Its available as a chromium extension also.

[Cachook]

Originally Posted by Heartlander

If you want an eye opener get the extension "Collusion" from Mozilla Firefox. You can see who is tracking you in real time. As I type this Google.com and Google-analytics.com is tracking me among others.

I closed all my google accts when it was revealed that they were working for Obama and making millions doing it.

Ghostery here. Does the same thing in a purple pop up that said right now about four different Google "services" are tracking me. So much for the Youtube channel. Ghostery blocks them, and Firefox does have a function under the settings pane to request sites to cease tracking you, but it is only a request.

As for their funding the incumbent, along with Microsoft, I will never purchase another one of their products again.

[aaron2]

Hey just think if Google is not trustworthy then why everyone or i will say the whole world is using it????? Mate you have to trust otherwise you won't get anything "Googled"

[Old_Mil]

Originally Posted by Cachook

Thinking long and hard about a Chromebook, I began to ponder how Google can be trusted, and know they do care somewhat about users' privacy, but have gotten into some tussles over privacy issues and bouts with the FCC.

I wonder also how secure this whole cloud computing idea can be. How easy is it to bypass the security on this? Can it do any serious work, like video editing? Thanks.

Google cannot be trusted. If you buy a Chromebook, you need to be at peace with the idea that everything you do and see with that machine will be known by Google. Recently, I got rid of my tablet. Right now my only computers are a desktop and a laptop running Linux, and I'm pretty happy with that.