The Great Google Sensor Web

[Fingolfin]

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-information-google-is-gathering-about-us-is-terrifying-2014-6

"Google is finding more and more ways to integrate itself into nearly every aspect of our lives.... It's moving toward knowing everything about us — not just in the online world, but also in the offline world."

 

[bchip]

I would love to know where Google is going to be in 50 years.
What I I would give to be able to look in a crystal ball.

Probably similar to Coca-cola, ads everywhere, everyone using its products.
If one just thinks of the products they are working on now (self-driving car, google glasses, virtual reality,
never mind the maps of the world and star systems....)
Amazing company really.

 

[kianm]

Since we have very few options in terms of Google's competition, Google should at least ensure it safeguards all that data with all it's possible might & ensure nothing gets stolen. That's all i ask for Google for i know you have me cornered left right & center

 

[Fingolfin]

Should we trust Google's smart home?:
http://www.wired.com/2014/06/google-nest-dropcam-api/

"John Matherly operates what you might call the search engine for the Internet of Things. It’s called Shodan, and it lets you probe the net for all sorts of online devices, from refrigerators and swimming-pool control panels to webcams—lots and lots of webcams."

"But, in recent days, Google and Nest have taken two big steps toward this vision of the smart home. Late Friday, Nest—the home automation company Google acquired for $3.2 billion in January—announced its acquisition of Dropcam, a startup that sells internet-connected security cameras. In a brief blog post, Nest founder Matt Rogers hinted that his company would somehow integrate these cameras with Nest’s thermostats and fire alarms. Then, late Monday, the company unveiled an application programming interface, or API, that lets outside developers connect software and hardware into the Nest devices."