[LINK] Broadband Forum Assists Google's Entrapment Strategy

[Tom Koltai]

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> From: link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au 
> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Roger Clarke
> Sent: Tuesday, 8 December 2009 11:30 AM
> To: link at anu.edu.au; privacy at lists.efa.org.au
> Subject: Re: [LINK] Broadband Forum Assists Google's 
> Entrapment Strategy
> 
> 
> At 8:08 +0800 8/12/09, Dan Buzzard wrote:
> >The "Forum" appears to be more of a Government propaganda board more
> >than anything else. I also have to question the wisdom of a 
> >"discussion" forum being run by a pro-censorship department.
> 
> Good work has been done, and is being done, in various areas of DBCDE.
> 
> Yes, the censorship initiative is a very black mark, but it's been 
> very much driven by the Minister and his advisors, i.e. the Dept has 
> no choice.
> 
> I'm very much inclined to see the use of Google as a specific blunder 
> by people who put the site together, rather than as indicating 
> mal-intent by the Dept, the Minister or his advisors.
> 

Actually, the Google login enables your Government to know what your
vote was.
Similar to voting really - without the anonymity.

I wonder what would happen if they took the concept one step further and
made it really anonymous.
Would more people participate.

But yes, further to my previous lambasting of the smart network
question, the rest of the questionnaire is certainly an indication that
Senator Lundy's ideas and initiatives are being acted on.

So that's a "Meh" to the smart Network and possibility aspects of the
e-Health questionnaire and a thumbs up for the rest DBCDE.

Roger, I have no concern about Google collecting my responses. They get
more information in reference my political inclinations from my searches
and resulting clicks. 

I look at Google as a currently benign market maker/king maker/consumer
advertising conglomerate in training. 

Next decade?

Well we have to get past 21st of December 2012 first.... If Cern doesn't
discover the God particle, then we can worry about whether Goggle equals
666 or not.

Tom


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