General of Darkness
16th August 2012, 09:18 PM
Long story short.
I just started a new job so I decided to upgrade my phone because they're going to pay for it and I want to get the LIVE app by Escort Radar. First thing I noticed at the mobile store that I HAD to open a google mail account to get software updates etc. Which I thought was odd. So continue on, I went from Windows to Android and Android allows you too log into youtube so you can view videos and your own account.
So tonight I was watching this video on my computer, which has nothing to do with my post, but it's a cool song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twL3ms4bjZk
I thought it would be cool to listen to this through my home system because it's a song I like. I fire up the xbox and BAM, youtube is there, of course it is, google bought them. It allows me to log in to my youtube account and view all the videos I've posted, and who's on MY LIST. Ya see how this works.
I will say this, the features are cool as hell, but the EVIL part is the data mining and the connection to YOU. It's building a profile.
I would highly recommend you don't use google for email, but if you have to, don't send any emails from it. With youtube, don't post comments that we post here.
Try and be a ghost on google and youtube. The only shit I do on youtube is post videos of my dogs.
Good luck guys and gals but I see where this is going, and it's not pretty.
I just started a new job so I decided to upgrade my phone because they're going to pay for it and I want to get the LIVE app by Escort Radar. First thing I noticed at the mobile store that I HAD to open a google mail account to get software updates etc. Which I thought was odd. So continue on, I went from Windows to Android and Android allows you too log into youtube so you can view videos and your own account.
So tonight I was watching this video on my computer, which has nothing to do with my post, but it's a cool song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twL3ms4bjZk
I thought it would be cool to listen to this through my home system because it's a song I like. I fire up the xbox and BAM, youtube is there, of course it is, google bought them. It allows me to log in to my youtube account and view all the videos I've posted, and who's on MY LIST. Ya see how this works.
I will say this, the features are cool as hell, but the EVIL part is the data mining and the connection to YOU. It's building a profile.
I would highly recommend you don't use google for email, but if you have to, don't send any emails from it. With youtube, don't post comments that we post here.
Try and be a ghost on google and youtube. The only shit I do on youtube is post videos of my dogs.
Good luck guys and gals but I see where this is going, and it's not pretty.