Google is at it again! Google Moves Forward With Using Profile Information in Ads
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If you log into Google'sGOOG -0.06% products today, you might see a thin blue strip across the top of the product notifying you of changes to the company’s terms of service.
That’s Google telling you it is moving forward with a previously announced move to start incorporating users’ names, photos and profile information in certain kinds of advertisements.
Here is the new terms of service. An important graph:
If you have a Google Account, we may display your Profile name, Profile photo, and actions you take on Google or on third-party applications connected to your Google Account (such as +1’s, reviews you write and comments you post) in our Services, including displaying in ads and other commercial contexts. We will respect the choices you make to limit sharing or visibility settings in your Google Account. For example, you can choose your settings so your name and photo do not appear in an ad.
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[url]http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/11/11/google-moves-forward-with-using-profile-information-in-ads/?mod=WSJBlog&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter[/url]
Godfucking dammit.
Google really needs to fix their shit. First forcing us to use Google+ and now this, it just keeps getting worse.
[quote]We will respect the choices you make to limit sharing or visibility settings in your Google Account. For example, you can choose your settings so your name and photo do not appear in an ad.[/quote]
You can turn it off, though.
But it is a stupid idea.
EDIT:
Listen here, you ninja bastard.
Whoever said before "I would gladly accept my google overlords."
Do you still think that now?
Yes you can turn it off but I wonder what next shit google will pull. Betting pool anyone?
Google for leader of the world right yeah guys? yeah!
people are overreacting over this shit
you have to make a review of a place or whatever before it uses it as a ad.
example:
you go to cafe, you like cafe, you say it's a great cafe on google reviews.
google sees this, takes your review, and tells your friends "Visit this cafe! your friend says it's great!" with your review below the ad
if you don't put up reviews or anything it isn't going to use your shit.
[QUOTE=litmeuplol;42842026]You can turn it off, though.
But it is a stupid idea.
EDIT:
Listen here, you ninja bastard.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I'm not trusting them that much after repeatedly asking me to use my google+ name in youtube.
[QUOTE=Thomo_UK;42842062]Whoever said before "I would gladly accept my google overlords."
Do you still think that now?[/QUOTE]
yes
Hey, dipshits, stop.
[QUOTE=Wii60;42842121]people are overreacting over this shit
you have to make a review of a place or whatever before it uses it as a ad.
example:
you go to cafe, you like cafe, you say it's a great cafe on google reviews.
google sees this, takes your review, and tells your friends "Visit this cafe! your friend says it's great!" with your review below the ad
if you don't put up reviews or anything it isn't going to use your shit.[/QUOTE]
Which is actually genuinely nice because when looking for a good cafe I am more likely to value the opinion of my friend rather than that of some John Doe.
Guys, you can opt out of it.
Did Google recently have a change in management?
I read the same article a few weeks ago and the exact same comments appeared.
"Oh no Google will use my face to advertise viagra and dragon dildos."
Because nobody [B]FUCKING READS THE ARTICLE[/B].
So just for good measure, read this post before you reply to this thread:
[QUOTE=Wii60;42842121]people are overreacting over this shit
you have to make a review of a place or whatever before it uses it as a ad.
example:
you go to cafe, you like cafe, you say it's a great cafe on google reviews.
google sees this, takes your review, and tells your friends "Visit this cafe! your friend says it's great!" with your review below the ad
if you don't put up reviews or anything it isn't going to use your shit.[/QUOTE]
[editline]12th November 2013[/editline]
[QUOTE=Killer900;42842114]Google for leader of the world right yeah guys? yeah![/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Thomo_UK;42842062]Whoever said before "I would gladly accept my google overlords."
Do you still think that now?
Yes you can turn it off but I wonder what next shit google will pull. Betting pool anyone?[/QUOTE]
Thanks for being the perfect example of the people I was talking about in my rant.
I disagree with a lot of Google's shit, but usually I have a fucking reason and it's not just blind hatred. And please don't even try arguing that [B]you don't want your friends to read the reviews you wrote for places/services you liked so much that you wrote a review about them so other people like your friends can read them and use these places/services too[/B]
Where exactly can you change this setting? Google's settings have never made any sense to me.
I don't get it.
Google has the ability to take over the world and people would celebrate. Cancer would be cured and Alaska could see 100mbit internet connections for $20 a month.
But they keep pushing for this shit. Why? This is literally the one smudge people have on you. You're better than this google!
I get a very "Feed" sensation out of Google nowadays.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed_(Anderson_novel)[/url]
[QUOTE=pentium;42842501]I don't get it.
Google has the ability to take over the world and people would celebrate. Cancer would be cured and Alaska could see 100mbit internet connections for $20 a month.
But they keep pushing for this shit. Why? This is literally the one smudge people have on you. You're better than this google![/QUOTE]
Better read the article before posting stuff like this.
Good thing people don't actually read the content of what they are complaining about, that would just be insane!
[QUOTE=Wii60;42842121]people are overreacting over this shit
you have to make a review of a place or whatever before it uses it as a ad.[/QUOTE]
That's only one example they're giving. What about comments you post in regards to a service like they mention, or [url=https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/]other information Google collects[/url]? Are you comfortable with Google telling your friends where you've been (from GPS data), or what you've been searching for, or who you've been calling, and using it to advertise a service? All of that is compliant with their ToS and privacy policy.
Google collects a lot of data about its users and now they're starting to be more obvious about how they use it for commercial purposes. It can only go downhill from here.
Every time I've heard about google in the past three years I keep thinking about this video
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfV6RzE30[/media]
seriously, why can't they have just stayed as a search engine, why does nearly every company have to be spoilled by money
[QUOTE=catbarf;42842848]That's only one example they're giving. What about comments you post in regards to a service like they mention, or [url=https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/]other information Google collects[/url]? Are you comfortable with Google telling your friends where you've been (from GPS data), or what you've been searching for, or who you've been calling, and using it to advertise a service? All of that is compliant with their ToS and privacy policy.
Google collects a lot of data about its users and now they're starting to be more obvious about how they use it for commercial purposes. It can only go downhill from here.[/QUOTE]
Tell me when they start doing that and I'll stand right next to you in front of Google's HQ holding a giant burning pitchfork, but from all we know at this point, this is only about reviews you've already made public and no reason to hop onto the anti-Google bandwagon yet.
There is a lot of stuff Google does that's much worse:
- Shutting down Reader/iGoogle
- [url=http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/]Making Android less open source[/url]
- YouTube's unskippable ads
- YouTube's new comment system
- YouTube's recommendation engine
- Google treating non-American's as second class citizens.
- Nexus' not having µSD card slots
- ....
But every single item on that list is much, much, much worse than using positive reviews you wrote for your friends to advertise services you like to your friends.
[QUOTE=Robber;42842430]I read the same article a few weeks ago and the exact same comments appeared.
"Oh no Google will use my face to advertise viagra and dragon dildos."
Because nobody [B]FUCKING READS THE ARTICLE[/B].
So just for good measure, read this post before you reply to this thread:
[editline]12th November 2013[/editline]
Thanks for being the perfect example of the people I was talking about in my rant.
I disagree with a lot of Google's shit, but usually I have a fucking reason and it's not just blind hatred. And please don't even try arguing that [B]you don't want your friends to read the reviews you wrote for places/services you liked so much that you wrote a review about them so other people like your friends can read them and use these places/services too[/B][/QUOTE]I was actually poking fun at people who say it would good if Google ran the world.
[QUOTE=Robber;42842937]Tell me when they start doing that and I'll stand right next to you in front of Google's HQ holding a giant burning pitchfork, but from all we know at this point, this is only about reviews you've already made public and no reason to hop onto the anti-Google bandwagon yet.
There is a lot of stuff Google does that's much worse:
- Shutting down Reader/iGoogle
- [url=http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/]Making Android less open source[/url]
- YouTube's unskippable ads
- YouTube's new comment system
- YouTube's recommendation engine
- Google treating non-American's as second class citizens.
- Nexus' not having µSD card slots
- ....
But every single item on that list is much, much, much worse than using positive reviews you wrote for your friends to advertise services you like to your friends.[/QUOTE]
Reader- user base wasn't big enough to justify running it
Less open source- that article is embarrassingly bad
YT ads- servers aren't free
Comments- oh no I can't shitpost in comments anymore
Recommendations- ok???
Americans- I'll give you that one sorta but it's not like there's one set of laws
Nexus microsd- google doesn't want the user to have to deal with shitty SD cards an micromanaging space
also these recommendations are only shown to people you share with anyways soooo
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;42842198]Which is actually genuinely nice because when looking for a good cafe I am more likely to value the opinion of my friend rather than that of some John Doe.[/QUOTE]
I doubt the ad service will show anything if your friend says "fairly sure their soup's actually a bioweapon they're betatesting". It's not about honesty, it's about manipulating people with a system that comes close to word-by-mouth. These systems could also juxtapose friends' avatars and commercial blurbs and only drop subtle pointers that the two aren't directly related - if you're only superficially interested in it, a quick glance at positive writing and a familiar face can have quite the psychological impact.
I make it sound a bit dramatic, after all marketing is technically all about tricking people into thinking they need something, but I just can't be arsed to rephrase.
[QUOTE=Robber;42842937]Tell me when they start doing that and I'll stand right next to you in front of Google's HQ holding a giant burning pitchfork, but from all we know at this point, this is only about reviews you've already made public and no reason to hop onto the anti-Google bandwagon yet.
There is a lot of stuff Google does that's much worse:
- Shutting down Reader/iGoogle
- [url=http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/]Making Android less open source[/url]
- YouTube's unskippable ads
- YouTube's new comment system
- YouTube's recommendation engine
- Google treating non-American's as second class citizens.
- Nexus' not having µSD card slots
- ....
But every single item on that list is much, much, much worse than using positive reviews you wrote for your friends to advertise services you like to your friends.[/QUOTE]
iGoogle/reader was shut down because not many people used it, Android is not less open source just the Google apps, YouTube has unskippable ads because you know some people make a living off of them, the new comment system is yes shit, their recommendation engine is a 50/50, non americans are only treated like shit because of import/export laws, the nexus not having a microsd slot is to save money. etc.
Anyone who complains about this is dumb and uninformed. It only appears for people you have on Google+ (so people who can see your face anyway) and stuff you +1 / review etc (stuff you are putting your name to).
Not to mention it can be disabled..
Google is making my public reviews public this is basically the same as what hitler did
Google's information page regarding this is half the length of many of the articles whining about it ffs
Doesn't seem much different to Facebook telling you who uses what applications/games/etc that are sponsored. E.g. sponsored stories your friends like the author of are more likely to be shown to you than a sponsored story that has no connection to you, and Facebook sticks their name and face next to it.
if you haven't commented on youtube yet (which I doubt), you can fix this with a special procedure I accidentally found.
-Make a google+ profile
-Add your YouTube username (not real name, username) as an alternate name
-Log into youtube as the username you just added
-Comment, click "no" to "I want to convert my youtube profile to google+"
Google will then offer to create a special Google+ page with your youtube username. Now, whenever you use youtube (or any related google+ services), as long as you're signed in on youtube, you get automatically signed in as your youtube's google+ instead of your actual google+ profile.
What this will do is since you're already signed into google+ as "commandhat", which google have no information on, all advertisement partners will see, is your name is "commandhat". Not "John Williams who lives at -45 xxxxxx drive", just "commandhat".
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