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Google's New Click-to-Call Service

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-google-do-the-walking dept.

teknopagan writes "Google has debuted a new service called Click-to-Call, in which they will connect you by phone to any of their advertisers. You click a phone icon next to the ad, enter your phone number, and Google calls you and connects you for free to the advertiser."

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  1. Brilliant! Free Phone Pranks, by Proxy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Ho Ho Ho!

  2. The possibilities are endless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Me: One pepperoni pizza please.
    other side: Who can I send it to?
    Me: I. C. Weener.
    other side: Another one! I can't bevieve this! Ever since that coward on /. mentioned this, those are the only calls I get!
    Me: MoHaHaHaHa!

  3. -1 offtopic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Holy shit I just saved myself. I just realized I put a Celion Dion CD in my computer (I am burning FLAC files for my wife), and almost pissed myself before remembering I just turned off autoplay yesterday.

  4. it has to be asked by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    why in the fuck would i want to give advertisers my home phone number?

    this has got to be the dumbest idea Goole has ever had.

  5. Re:Do No Evil, Maybe by Jekler · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A corporation is, by definition, evil:

    1. A body that is granted a charter recognizing it as a separate legal entity having its own rights, privileges, and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

    In other words, the only reason to form a corporation is to legally do things that their conscience and the law would otherwise prevent them from doing.

    Whether or not Google has done anything wrong is debatable, but the fact remains, when they do something wrong, the owners can't be held liable. The ability to operate with impunity is evil, without regard to whether or not that ability is exploited.

    This concept can be related to people not wanting certain parties to have nuclear weapons. Whether or not they'd use them is not the issue, it is simply evil to have the power.