G1 and Behavioral Targeting

[rahduke]

Is anyone concerned that Google maybe accessing all of our information and using it to build a database to sell demographic advertising, after all that is their entire revenue stream.

[Cuda]

That's fine by me as long as its a quality product. I'm gonna be advertised against anyway, so mine as well be pertinent to what I like ya?

[happyandyv]

if your goal is to be un tracked and off the grid then smartphones arent for you. google is pretty much under constant scrutiny and investigation for this, and probably will be.... forever or until they own the government lol...

[DaYuMu6ft7]

OH WOW!!!

Co signs with "Cuda"

[djwaz]

if your goal is to be un tracked and off the grid then smart phones arent for you. Google is pretty much under constant scrutiny and investigation for this, and probably will be.... forever or until they own the government lol...

Agree, completely well maybe like 98 % I am an individual of course lol:eek::p

[Driguez]

Google or not this is something i def see coming. Part of marketing/sales evolution, they are using technology and they are being hella smart, its just smarter from a marketing standpoint.

[FSUftbllfan]

Yeah, I've thought about this and I could honestly care less what Google knows about me. People always say "you use picasa, gmail, calendars, google pay, and now their phone? What, are you crazy?" and my response to that is "What? Are they going to advertise something to me that I actually would use?" I don't really see a downside in that..

[djwaz]

if your goal is to be un tracked and off the grid then smart phones arent for you. Google is pretty much under constant scrutiny and investigation for this, and probably will be.... forever or until they own the government lol...

Agree, completely well maybe like 98 % I am an individual of course lol:eek::p

[dkvitus]

I think you can always opt out of such services (Yahoo, Microsoft, Google...) they all do the same thing.

Even your Credit Card issuers send you advertisements if you do not opt out.

[All~G1]

Everyone who owns a Android powered device is now subject to such. It was in the terms and conditions. We are now all owned and have no power against it :(

[rahduke]

if i'm being used as a target for google and advertising and they are generating revenue off me as a user I expect free services. It's quid pro quo, asking for completely free service is a bit much but at least give unlimited text messaging and maybe a couple hundred talk minutes gratis.