Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think
by jacquesm on Friday May 26, 2017 @07:19PM
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> We do not scan for advertising purposes in Gmail or other G Suite services. Google does not collect or use data in G Suite services for advertising purposes.
You could drive several trucks sideways through the holes in that statement.
Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think
by Applejinx on Friday May 26, 2017 @09:53PM
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On the other hand, training neural networks and teaching computers to have general intelligence is not inherently an advertising purpose ;)
Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think
by ReverseCold on Friday May 26, 2017 @09:44PM
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> for advertising purposes
What other purposes would they use it for? Can anyone think of one?
Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think
by ucaetano on Friday May 26, 2017 @10:20PM
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Malware. Child porn. They actually do both:
https://www.theverge.com/2014/8/5/5970141/how-google-scans-y...
Oh, and for indexing, of course.
Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think
by pbhjpbhj on Saturday May 27, 2017 @04:35AM
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How about generating a "lifestyle profile" (or psych profile).
They could sell that to a third party, then buy back the profile compounded with other third parties's data to use for advertising. Bonus points if Alphabet (aka Google) control all the companies involved.
?
https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056650
> Does Google use my organization’s data in G Suite services or Cloud Platform for advertising purposes?
> No. There are no ads in G Suite Services or Google Cloud Platform, and we have no plans to change this in the future. We do not scan for advertising purposes in Gmail or other G Suite services. Google does not collect or use data in G Suite services for advertising purposes.