A Large, Well Know Search Engine Revisited

So. In my last post I said some things about The Big Well Known Search Engine(for the rest of the article to be known as: W.K.S.E.) that would have to be another rant. So here it is... Before I start on that, an update from one of my older W.K.S.E. related posts. I have still been trying now and again to get someone there to fess up about sending me an unsolicited text...NADA!

Onward!

I've been doing some research about the world's favorite search engine, our silent, well 'read', can do anything you may desire, Big Brother (pun intended),

and I'm finding more and more, I'm starting to get this really icky feeling! Kinda like that big brother you idolized until maybe he told you Santa wasn't real, and mom and dad are getting a divorce 'cause of you, or worse, maybe he sodomized you!! Fuck I don't know!! Whatever ugly thought you can come up with. Ever wonder things like: Your mail program has a virtually unlimited size? Or when you search something on the results page, ads show up that seem to be fairly closely tailored to your query, possibly even showing 'things' you may be interested in your own city or neighborhood? Or why the search engine needs to store your IP address, possibly indefinitely?

How about this.... Do you use that nifty little feature that will organize your entire hard drive so it is more easily 'searchable'? Or any of the virtually limitless do-dads and gizmos available? Ever wonder why a company would provide all of these things 'free of charge'? No pain on the users behalf. Just hours of whack-able pleasure, or time spent stealing from the company you work for, frittering away the hours typing in search after search for what ever mind numbing poppycock makes you get your jollies.

Well friends ever read the 'Terms of Service'? Seriously?! Don't lie!! Who the fuck would want to?! So much legalese!! Yawn.... Right??

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and give it to you verbatim, the rights you signed away. Who knows? Maybe the reader won't be hearing from Angry next week, 'cause my 'privileges' will have been revoked.... You ready?

This is from section 11:11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give W.K.S.E. a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling W.K.S.E. to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

11.2 You agree that this licence includes a right for W.K.S.E. to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom W.K.S.E. has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.

Any of that make sense to ya'? Does it scare ya'? If it doesn't, well then we're ALL in a lot more fucking trouble than even I thought!! I hold the copyright, but THEY can use it for WHATEVER they want!! WITH WHOMEVER THEY WANT, THAT THEY HAVE 'RELATIONSHIPS' WITH!!! WHO MIGHT THAT BE????? You think all of these entities involved have your best interest in mind? What about your thoughts you may jot down in a blog? Or that personal email you sent? Or that little groovy widget that scans your hard drive to make finding things 'easier'? What is the price that will be paid for all of these 'conveniences'? Time will tell... I challenge you to do some homework, some amateur sleuthing. Let me know what you find. Hell! Prove me wrong if that motivates you!!! I'll whole-heartedly recant! I've been known upon occasion to make people think. Maybe this will be one of those times.

No crazy pictures this week, no slogans, just food for thought....

Angry