Yes, I admit I use Google (GOOG) products. Much has recently been written about the new privacy policy from Google. The discussion in media did not bother me as I thought I would easily deal with privacy issues. Then I, too, received my Dear Google User email.
The email starts out by claiming it is about privacy. The email itself is benign, however buried in the links is a bomb. Now Google has made it mandatory for you to sell your soul to Google if you want to use its products.
I am not referring to soul in the religious sense but subscribing to the contemporary definition popular in the scientific community. Wikipedia sums it up well, ‘˜Soul can function as a synonym for spirit, mind or self; scientific works, in particular often consider soul as a synonym for mind.’
Since you are reading this article, it is no secret that I write. My work garners over a million page views a month. When asked about the reason behind popularity of my work, my response is that I write from my soul.
Now if I use Google Docs to compose, Google+ to communicate with my fact checker and Gmail to communicate with my editor, will I grant Google unlimited license to publish, modify, create derivative works and do everything under the sun as it arbitrarily pleases?
The answer should be a clear totally unambiguous‘˜NO’. Dream on, when you use Google…Read more at Forbes
