To answer your question, yes, I consider invasion of privacy to be evil. However, I would not describe my relationship with Google in that way. I would rather say that I freely choose to use their excellent services, while they hoard personal data about me with varying degrees of my blessing. That hoarding constitutes a risk, like so many other things in life, though I do not consider it evil in itself. In fact, I am a lot more worried by some of Google's competitors. The "Don't be evil" motto is somewhat unfortunate for Google, because it seems to put unreasonable expectations on them.
What an unimpressive proof by blog link. Especially considering the following comment reply from the blogger: "I agree that nothing in my post conclusively points out that Google is doing evil things, only that the potential for doing harm to your privacy is huge."
Past performance is no indicator of future? What a strange thing to say. I consider it a very reliable indicator, though of course it is not the only one, nor is it always right.
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To answer your question, yes, I consider invasion of privacy to be evil. However, I would not describe my relationship with Google in that way. I would rather say that I freely choose to use their excellent services, while they hoard personal data about me with varying degrees of my blessing. That hoarding constitutes a risk, like so many other things in life, though I do not consider it evil in itself. In fact, I am a lot more worried by some of Google's competitors. The "Don't be evil" motto is somewhat unfortunate for Google, because it seems to put unreasonable expectations on them.
What an unimpressive proof by blog link. Especially considering the following comment reply from the blogger: "I agree that nothing in my post conclusively points out that Google is doing evil things, only that the potential for doing harm to your privacy is huge."
Past performance is no indicator of future? What a strange thing to say. I consider it a very reliable indicator, though of course it is not the only one, nor is it always right.
And finally, the RFID tag doesn't stop working once the work day is over, but works 24/7/365.
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 weeks a year?
Actually, that line was spoken by the character David Lightman (also portrayed by Matthew Broderick) in the 1983 movie WarGames.
Regardless of the greenness of Linux, you still need Windows to run it. Sounds ungreen to me.
In Soviet Russia, robot chair throws Steve Ballmer.
Where is Ender?
Steve could do that.
"Da, comrade, most cosmonauts feel lonely in space."