Quote Originally Posted by Lee
Squirt, i neither agree nor disagree with you on this topic my point is simply, until we know HOW the collected information is going to be used, there isnt really a lot that can be done about it.

What if they are simply trying to build up a demographics database for internal use to make them more profitable? What if they are using this information to provide customized search results for their end user thus enhancing the Google results for everyone that submits their information? What if they will be using this information to sell to spammers, what if...

What ifs, for all intents and purposes, mean absolutely less than squatt. We could all sit here and hypothesize what will ultimately happen with the information collected who knows, maybe you are right and Google wants to take over the world, then again, maybe you are wrong and they just want to use that information to enhance their search results?
Well the question isn't what's Google going to do with the information, it's what are the people they sell the information to going to do with it.

An examples of how information about us is used in negative ways to control us and our lives are abundant... look at the no fly list the government has. Look at credit reporting agencies. I could not pay someone who ripped me off, yet have other companies think I'm a credit risk. A lot of completely innocent people are on the governments no fly list.

Information about artwork on display at an exhibition caused the FBI to be called and go to the exhibition to interrogate the curator and artist on why he created anti Bush artwork.

Sometimes the most innocent of intentions create the worst of results. Giving this extremely personal data to ANYONE is a risk that should not be taken. IMHO ... I do respect your opinion and see where you're coming from. :high: