Saturday, April 5, 2008

THE DEADLIEST "VIRUS" EVER !!!

Now, what you are about to read may make you think that the author ( thats me) is:
a delusional mad scientist,or
a soothsayer,or
a freak...wannabe sci-fi author(which trust me i am not!!!),or
or hopefully, a "guy-whos-got-a-point"
whatever view you may take i am certain,one way or the other,you'll like what you read.

So what is the deadliest virus ever?
answer :
It's something thats in our face every time we use the net , it is every where and percolates the net like water through sponge (interesting metaphor, never mind!!!)...

It's our beloved GOOGLE...
What?
How ?
Why?
read on...

Thanks to Gmail, Google knows who you are e-mailing, what you are saying and it will store all your e-mails forever.
Thanks to Google Talk,Google knows who you are talking to and who your closest associates are.
And if Gmail and Google Talk were not enough, because of Orkut, Google knows who sits in your circle of friends.
Thanks to Google Search, Google knows what you are searching for on the Web, including the news, type of images and newsgroup access.
Thanks to Google Video, Google knows what kind of risqué videos you like to watch.
Thanks to Google Finance, Google knows what stocks and businesses you are interested in.
Thanks to Blogger, Google knows what you rant about and what rants you like reading.
Thanks to Google Maps, Google knows where your house is and where you are going.
Thanks to Google Calendar, Google knows who you are meeting with, where you are going, and what you are busy doing.
Thanks to Picasa, Google even knows what you, your family, and your best friends look like.

Best of all, thanks to Google Desktop, Google has access to all your documents, images, files, and everything else on your hard drive.

And when Google displays customised adverts based on the e-mails you receive and searches you make, and you happen to click one of them, Google knows the kind of things you are interested in.

Get my point!!!
This , understandably , will sound absurd/bullshit...but it sure is something to think about.
How much does the common man really know about the going-ons of google...Stop and think and maybe then you'll realize how blindly, you and i, trust google with everything (figuratively speaking) about our lives.
Does your answer not make GOOGLE the deserving candidate for "virus of the century"!!!...think.
But , sadly , the fact remains...even after realizing all this we( and this includes me also) will continue using google and each of their service for "in google we trust"...sad but true.

Cheers!!!
(sarcastically)

*The views that i have expressed above are merely an afterthought. They are by no means intended to malign/insult/bring to disrepute any person/organization.
I write this lest this may be my last post on this blog(hopefully not)...
cheers!!!
( no sarcasm)

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