Google has been collecting what seems like limitless amounts of information to benefit their business model. As discussed in class, Google has implemented many different systems which are speculated to be for information collection purposes. Some of the services have been proven to not be solvent. Services such as Google 411 and YouTube actually lose money for Google. However, they must be beneficial for Google in other ways since they continue to be available.
Another prime example is the Google Book service. Google has been scanning books and making them searchable. On the surface, it would appear that Google's plan with this service is to attract web traffic in order to profit off of advertising. However, some speculate that Google's intentions for this project is to amass as many examples of human language as possible in order to to analyze it and create natural language algorithms to improve search functions.
Many people worry that with all this information Google is collecting, nefarious intentions could be carried out. I don't see Google acting in the manner anytime soon, but I do recognize it as a valid fear.
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