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Google To Shut Down 411 Service

Posted by Soulskill on from the guess-we're-back-to-calling-the-ghostbusters dept.

taco8982 writes "After three years of providing free directory assistance in exchange for voice samples, Google has announced plans to shut down the GOOG-411 service, in order to focus on 'speech-enabling the next generation of Google products and services across a multitude of languages.' The service will close on November 12th."

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  1. Re:DECT considered harmful. . . by DocHoncho · · Score: 0, Troll

    what the hell are you talking about? If, in the unlikely event that some TLA government agency actually cared about your communications they would in all likelihood already have a back door into whatever crypto you might get from a consumer grade device. However, back here in the real world, no one, not even the NSA gives a good goddamn about whatever trivial bullshit you would be spewing over that "poorly secured" line anyway. Get over yourself. Your paranoia does not reflect reality.

    Better make sure your call to Grandma is using 256-bit AES encryption, wouldn't want the government stealing her brownie recipe now would we?

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