Re: Google knows everything

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

What blew me away was when I signed up for UPS alerts.  All I provided
them was my birthday and street address and they managed to connect
everybody I knew -- despite my having a very common name.  It even knew
who my sister was, her married name, her birthday, and street address.

I only use Google+ at work.  Apparently, it wasn't able to connect my work
email address (I used a fake birthday, too) with anything.  So, I'm
relieved about that, at least.

 > From: bh
 > Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:11: -0700
 >
 > So, I finally started working on the Snap! tutorial videos, and
 > yesterday I uploaded the first one to YouTube, which involved
 > making a YouTube account, which apparently you can't do without
 > also making a Google+ account.  So, I told it my name, a fake
 > birthday, everything marked private, and almost immediately I
 > started getting emails saying so-and-so is following me on
 > Google+.  And the amazing thing is, I even know most of them!
 > How does Google know who my friends (my *real* friends; I don't
 > have any Facebook friends) are, to tell them about me making
 > this account?
 > 
 > Oh, wait, I told them my email, and some of *you* use gmail.
 > I bet that's how.  They recognized my email address from their
 > index of who sends mail to whom.
 > 
 > Grump.  I bet they kept a sample of my DNA from the time I used
 > a restroom in the Googleplex, too.
 > 
 > By the way, is anybody besides me bracing for the onslaught
 > of privacy-related lawsuits once they start selling in earnest
 > those glasses that let Google record everything you see?