Google Privacy -Great article and maybe creates opportunity

Google Privacy -Great article and maybe creates opportunity(blogs.hbr.org)

15 points by dbkbali 14 years ago | 3 comments

After I read this it made me think wouldn't it be great if i could use cloud storage ie. Dropbox or other cloud networks to store my email and not be reliant on google

dbkbali 14 years ago |

After I read this it really makes me want to find an alternative to gmail, its too bad the main focus is diluting from being the best at search to becoming a social vehicle. If others feel as i do i think there are some potential great product ideas/opportunities for some of the cloud storage services to expand their product offerings, maybe other readers know of such as service?.

I find it scary relying on one company with the famous motto about evil having so much data about me and with the no opt out nature of this policy - as a result I now make an effort to ensure that I am not automatically logged into my browser when I search.

mattmanser 14 years ago | |

I was originally thinking of staying with gmail and switching search. I love GMail even more than search. But then realised I'd have to juggle browsers or they start logging all the random youtube clips.

Worse still you then realise that your stackoverflow account is linked to your gmail account and you're going to have to open yet another openid provider just to stay logged into there. Oh, and Trello, I wonder if they even let you switch OAuth provider. I wonder what else I've forgotten.

Bollocks, all of a sudden OAuth doesn't look so brilliant now.

Sad that I have to choose between the two.

18pfsmt 14 years ago | | |

Personally, I use Chromium for the sites that I'm logged into, and Firefox for general browsing and searching. I'm not sure if that would work for you, but it seems it would work with your work-flow as you've described it.