Former Agent Says Google and CIA in Partnership

Is Google's quest to manage the world's information leading straight to the CIA?

unfortunately, the answer is Yes, "people should also be aware of why google offer all these nice services.They are primarily an advertising company. They are able to target people with pinpoint accuracy because they have this information at hand. The kind of information people have avoided handing over to telemarketters and market research surveys for years, people have started blindly handing to the likes of google and myspace.

They operate essentially as information farms to deliver consumables to consumers. It's a very cynical point of view, as google also offers very useful services, but there's a real truth to that notion. There's no doubt that analytics (for example) is designed to get internal stats to better hone their search, and context ads - akin to TV set top boxes, "free" coke fridges, or the dealer who offers you a "free trial".

It's never nefarious to begin with, but it can be abused. Already you get profiled spam, or personalised telemarketting... already people are judged and put on trial based upon fitting "criminal profiles"... It's dangerous territory - we're not there yet, but the biggest mistake we could make would be to ignore the phenomenal amount of information a company like google actually has... I love to see the innovation that comes out of google, but it's important to keep their motives in check..."

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