I don't think your being conspiratorial. Google has the most used search
engine. That's gives them a lot of information which translates into
power. Now with the cloud and other offerings, they will have the
opportunity to increase that position. The question is can they be trusted
with the ring?
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/exclusive-google-cia/
Blake
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date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:07:21 -0500
from: "Bob P. Roche" <BRoche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject:
Eventually all computing infrastructure will "disappear", i.e.
integrated into our everyday things.But what not disappears is software,
and the creation of it.The software market will "explode" (see iPhone).
When the infrastructure "disappears" it will still be there. The data has
to be stored on a some medium somewhere. What company or companies do you
trust to hold your companies data and your personal and the data of
everyone else. I agree that it will happen to a point in our private
lives. Also that it will by default push into the business world.
BUT
All that data is valuable, it gives the people in charge of it a lot of
power. That is the part I'm worried about.
I know companies and governments store a lot of data on us now. But if you
shrink the list of who stores the data to the few companies(governments?)
running the "clouds", now one group has more then any separate group had
before.
Hard to believe I'm actually NOT into conspiracy theories. :)
midrange.com
