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Is It Big Brother or Just an Algorithm?

This is a very interesting blog post from David Pogue of the NY Times. He wrote:

"A reader just wrote to complain. In Gmail, he wrote, “I have attached photo,” but then clicked Send without actually attaching anything. A message popped up: “You wrote ‘I have attached’ in your message, but there are no files attached. Send anyway?”

The reader was dismayed, saying he felt as if Big Brother was watching him.

My take is a little different. It’s this: “Wow, how smart of Google’s completely automated, robotic software algorithms to scan for the words ‘I have attached’ and flag me if I actually forget to attach the file! It saves me time and embarrassment, and of course isn’t anything at all like Big Brother because it’s a completely automated, robotic software algorithm!”

Man. This reminds me of the furor when Gmail first came out, offering 1,000 times the storage of rival Web e-mail services, but featuring little text ads at the side of the screen related to the contents of each message. There was the same Big Brother hysteria even though then, too, it was a completely automated, robotic software algorithm “reading” your mail.

Trust me, folks. If you’re worrying about Google reading your e-mail, you’d also better worry about Verizon and Comcast and Stop ‘n ‘Shop and Visa and your local library peeking into what you’re saying or watching or eating or buying or reading.

Now is a tad too late to worry about the privacy of your mundane life, methinks."