hmm maybe the problem is that Google seems to me to be a lot less likely to decide something really stupid than the US government is...
On 7/30/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, but google is keeping track of how many times you call your > mother, and other things to get an idea of your habits so they have a > better chance of you getting an ad that is more targeted towards what > you may want to buy or might be willing to make an impulse buy. Or so > they can sell those trends to somebody else so that they can target you > in other ways. > > People pay for those ad views based on impressions, and they count > those, and probably where they are displayed, and maybe even who they > display them too, so they can measure your willingness to click. > > Psychological tricks used to sell me things worry me a lot more than a > program that seeks to identify trends in usage for the purpose of > understanding the timing of a terrorist attack. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 4:56 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: google is scary > > > > huh ok. I still disagree with your legal interpretation, but I'm glad > you > > agree with my feelings about it. > > > > personally, I worry a lot less about google. If they can make a little > > money telingl me about something that may be useful to me, then more > power > > to them. I think that we alll know that the sites we look at are > > already available to whomever might have a cookie on our hard drives, > and > > much of that really doesn't help the way a focused ad does. I mind > that a > > lot less than someone is checking out how often I call my > mother....and > > yes, > > I realize a data warehousing operation is not concerned with me > > specifically, but I don't like the information being out there in > > governmental hands. Even though my mother is the most inoffensive of > women > > and we are doing nothing wrong, nor anything that could be construed > as > > wrong. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212064 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
