Speed up the web. Google web accelerator

[Libaax-Sankataabte]

http://webaccelerator.google.com/

[Strawberry_Xu]

Read this article

 

Granted it's from a comedy site, but he does make a few worrying points.

 

"Google claims it magically speeds up your Internet connection, and for the average user, it does. This is done by caching entire websites on Google's servers, passing copies of any page a user visits and sending them to Google HQ. Basically they're just creating carbon copies of everything you read, every site you visit, every image you load, and storing them on their servers, under the idea that you will have a faster connection to their servers than you would to whatever website you're visiting.

 

Well here's the problem, folks: everything you view is now owned by Google. Do you read email? Well now Google reads your email, and now the entire world can read your email. Do you use private messages through a website? Well they aren't private any more; now anybody using Google's Web Accelerator can read them. Every single page you read, every single website you visit, every single cookie you use, every single thing you do on the Internet is now owned by Google and is viewable to anybody using their program. I hope you're completely comfortable with the entire world being able to see every single webpage you read and every single website you visit, because thanks to Google, it's now happening. Check out their privacy policy if you don't believe me."

[Jacaylbaro]

No problem Don't kill Xu , everybody is making money ,, so what ?

[Strawberry_Xu]

^^^It's not about the fact that Google wants to make money. It's about serious privacy issues and about the people who will let Google get away with murder because they love the brand. All the article is saying is that you do not buy into the brand advertising. Google is not out to make your life easier, it wants to make money in the most cost-effective way, that's all a company is about. Therefore people ought to exercise caution before buying/using their products. You have to judge a company by its actions, and every company is accountable for their products, no matter how cool they are.

 

And right now, Google's methods regarding this accelerator are a bit dubious. Like the article said, no one would let Microsoft get away with this.