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Google Launches SMS Search Service

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the googling-googling-everywhere dept.

jSpectre writes "Google's been busy introducing a lot of new things this week. The latest, a SMS search service. SMS a message to 46645 (googl) and find local business listings, product prices, dictionary definitions, and more. Go Google!"

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  1. Google SMS privacy policy by SlyDe · · Score: 4, Informative
    (Ok, I know, shameless karma whoring....)
    http://www.google.com/sms/privacy.html

    Information that we collect and how we use it

    When you send a message to Google SMS, we log an encrypted version of the incoming phone number, the wireless carrier associated with the number, and the date and time of the transaction. We use this data to analyze the message traffic in order to operate, develop and improve our services. Google will never rent or sell your phone number to any third party, nor will we use your phone number to initiate a call or SMS message to you without your permission. Your wireless carrier and other service providers also collect data about your SMS usage, and their practices are governed by their own privacy policies.