If Google can do this in your smartphone, what can PRISME and ECHELON; the US government spying power do?
Dave Winer is a software developer and editor, who wrote a creepy story about a useful “Google Now” App.
“My friend Jen was coming to visit from SLC. The App Google Now told me her plane was 24 minutes from arriving at the gate at JFK. I had never told them she was visiting me or what flight she was on (I didn't know). But they did. Probably because she uses Gmail or their calendar, and somehow connected me to that trip (or did they just guess!) and thought I might be impressed if they told me about her flight. I was! And I felt a little nausea, as I realized they have me by the balls and don't mind if I know it.”
Well if the US government is tracking lots of stuff that we do on the Internet, why not use that power to serve us citizens? That's exactly what contextual Apps do, they help figure out what you need to know next.
So is this creepy or useful spying power?
