Thursday, April 26, 2012

Google: the bully who won't stop shaking you upside down for every last cent of your lunch money

Recently, online storage facilities have been trending like crazy. Dropbox, iCloud, SkyDrive -- that's just to name a few. It's convenient because we've all been there -- our hard drive crashes, and every important document, every precious picture, is lost to ones and zeros forever. Online storage allows you to access your files anywhere in the world. But... did you read the fine print on the Terms of Service you so readily agreed to?

Google’s privacy policy claims it won’t use your files to do anything other than “provide, maintain, protect and improve [its services]," but if a file is set to "public," then it's fair game for Google to use in commercials. That means your photos could end up on TV as Google promotes their drowning Google+ services.

Read more HERE.

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