Re:Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Monday August 03, 2020 @07:07PM
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The goal is data collection.
ADT is probably not going to get Google's data. They are limited in what they know about their customers. How much data does ADT have in comparison to Google?
Google OTOH is going to get access to about 6.5 million ADT customers. Needless to say, Google already has acquired a lot of data on a lot of people, including those ADT customers.
If what ADT knows is now known by Google, then it is not just the details of a security system that might be disclosed by one entity, but the details of the people inside the building.
The risk (i.e., the potential damage) of undesired disclosure is greater when one entity has access to "all" data versus when the data is spread amongst multiple entities.
ADT is probably not going to get Google's data. They are limited in what they know about their customers. How much data does ADT have in comparison to Google?
Google OTOH is going to get access to about 6.5 million ADT customers. Needless to say, Google already has acquired a lot of data on a lot of people, including those ADT customers.
If what ADT knows is now known by Google, then it is not just the details of a security system that might be disclosed by one entity, but the details of the people inside the building.
The risk (i.e., the potential damage) of undesired disclosure is greater when one entity has access to "all" data versus when the data is spread amongst multiple entities.