“Google Executive Chairman Eric Shmidt on Thursday responded to comments made by Apple CEO Tim Cook referring to the Internet search giant’s privacy policies, saying Cook is misinformed and that Google’s systems are ‘far more secure’ than anything Apple has,” Mikey Campbell reports for AppleInsider. “In an interview with CNN, Schmidt told CNN Money anchor Christine Romans that Google is a leader in data privacy and any contention to that fact, such as a recent missive from Cook, is incorrect. ‘Someone didn’t brief him correctly on Google’s policies, that’s unfortunate for him,’ Schmidt said of Cook. ‘In Google’s place, we have always been the leader in security and in encryption. Our systems are far more secure and encrypted than anyone else, including Apple. They’re catching up, which is great.'”
“As part of Apple’s recent push for consumer privacy, Cook last month published an open letter to the company’s website, reinforcing that iCloud user data is not only secure, but will never be monetized. A section of the note suggests unnamed service providers harvest sensitive user information for monetary gains, a business model to which privacy advocates are vehemently opposed. From Cook’s letter: ‘A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you’re not the customer. You’re the product,'” Campbell reports. “During today’s interview, Schmidt said, “All the things [Cook] implied we’re doing, we don’t do.” The Google exec did, however, note that Gmail does display ads to users, something the company has done for a decade. He quickly pointed out that information gathered in the email ad serving process is used ‘for nothing,’ but did not elaborate on the subject.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Yeah, that’s the ticket. Oh, and this:
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He always says that Android is more secure than iOS. Why is that? Is there some standardized security test that compares Android to iOS and it’s shown that Android is more secure. Isn’t it just his opinion and not an actual fact?
What company would just spend money to collect all that data, have storage and parse it to do nothing with it. I notice it doesn’t say if he elaborated on how they actually make money if they don’t sell all those ads.
I also like how he tries to make Cook appear like he’s an idiot by saying someone didn’t brief him well enough.
F$%# you, Google.
Trying to get a direct answer from Eric is as easy as getting the truth from the devil.
No data harvesting, except…
• Google’s revenue comes from monitizing everything they can know about you.
• They included code in their services that circumvents browser code designed to protect your privacy.
• They sniff out your wifi networks, via street view.
• They purchased Nest, a company whose devices require your wifi login creds and report those, plus a bunch of other data back to the hive.
I had an Android phone prior to December 2012. Some number of months prior some very disturbing tracking/harvesting started taking place. When the YouTube app was running it seemed to be listening to my verbal communications and showing ads on my television based on the words I spoke. For example, if I said something like “I need a new car” then a Ford ad would appear a minute or so later. I tested it with more specific phrases like, “I really want a taco”. Soon after, a Taco Bell ad appeared on my television. I tried, “I really need a vacation” and then an ad for a local travel agent appeared. So apparently running the YouTube app was opening up the mic. Google then was recording everything I was saying, parsing key words and matching with their advertising partners. It seemed to work best with NBC properties like CNBC, that extra NBC news/weather channel, etc.
There are zero Google apps on my iPhone and I try to use Google search as little as possible.
Hahaha, don’t you just love the Crapple shills and gay boys who all hate Google with a passion, yet they post links to YouTube. Fuckin hillbillies selling out to the Internet giant by generating revenue traffic to Google. Haha fuckin faggits.
This anonymous coward troll links itself to a non-existant website in the UK. Our hero. 😛