I don't know why this was modded down. Google Fiber customers will certainly be required to use their Google Account to sign up.
Re:Google Fiber
by SoftwareMaven on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @09:32PM
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And that part scares me. That is a whole lot of my personal info to provide to a company that is really good at processing it.
Of course, I'm probably being stupid about that. My network data was probably sold a long time ago. And they have also probably already correlated it with my google account.
That is a real concern.
But the cure is found in faster service: With fast connections you can host your own services.
What we really need is multiple competitors in connections this fast.
Re:Google Fiber
by angryasian on Thursday July 26, 2012 @12:36AM
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why is it a concern. Just don't use their services then.
Re:Google Fiber
by dinkumthinkum on Thursday July 26, 2012 @03:09AM
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Well, that's true of you and I but if you care about other people that don't know any better it could be a real issue. There's millions of FB users that don't understand the implications of all their oversharing and will not be happy when/if it becomes a problem for them. But, I think it's too early to judge anything about Google Fiber yet, at least for me, without having much details.
OK, I am kidding to some extent. Maybe not. I'd sure like to see them move in a direction that assures users that all services will not be cutoff without recourse for unknown algo violations.