[ARC5] Cautionary Tales--Linking Our World

[Don Merz]

It actually gets worse...Google is working with the cell phone networks to link the info they have to them so it can be used for stuff like caller ID. Science fiction? It's already under way and people are already working on ways too block it: http://www.zdnet.com/how-to-stop-google-from-using-your-plus-profile-as-caller-id-7000023191/

So shortly after you search for "FT243 Crystal" on your PC, you will pick up your phone to make a call and an ad from Brian Carling will show up on your cell phone!

73 de N3RHT



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 From: Don Merz <n3rht at yahoo.com>
To: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>; "arc5 at mailman.qth.net" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Speaking of Cautionary Tales
 


Google has linked the world. Google Adwords offers this as a service. Yes, they use info saved somehow (I am no net tech wiz) to bring up ads for stuff you previously searched for. I don't think they are searching your e-mails (but I have no idea--e-mail is not now nor ever was a secure service). Since they own Youtube and have Google search, Gmail, G+, Google Drive and the other Google apps all now tied into one Google login ID, they can collect information from you and deliver those ads across a wide variety of services you might use online. If you also use Google's browser, Chrome, it facilitates this tracking and interaction in some "advanced" ways--whatever that means. The only reason I am aware of this is because my company has been evaluating using adwords. 
Brave New World indeed...
73 de N3RHT



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 From: Robert  Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 7:49 PM
Subject: [ARC5] Speaking of Cautionary Tales
 

Here's a strange one for y'all to ponder.

A few weeks back John Foster and I were exchanging personal e-mails about design of DC to AC inverters.  

Now, for some time I have noted that if I go to some sales websites and look some items, when I go to other news and information websites the pop-up adverts often will be from those same sales websites showing those same items.  Obviously, they are reading the cookies left by those websites and are figuring out what I am interested in and showing me that in the ads.

But very soon after John and mine's discussions on inverters, on one of the news and info websites I got a pop up
 advert for DC to AC inverters.  I had not gone to any sales website and looked for those items, since John and I were discussing the design of one I had built a long time ago.

So how did that know about that if they were not reading my e-mails as well as the cookies?

Wayne  
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