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Originally Posted by Miami_Son
Yeah, but Outlook stores the info in a file locally on my hard drive, not on someone's internet server where I have no control over it or who has access to it (a password is hardly a deterrent). I don't use Windows Live for that very reason. Why should I trust ANY company with my private info? When I sync, the information is going from my PC directly to my device, not across an internet connection. We adopt new technologies so fast these days that we not only don't stop to think what the risks are, we don't even know yet until someone finds a way to exploit them. What legal safeguards are there in place to protect our data from abuse and/or to keep Google or Microsoft from seeing/using our personal info for other means? It might seem benign to many, but my contacts and calendar could be used by marketers or other unscrupulous people for who knows what nefarious purposes. The other day I went into a store and about a half hour after I left I got a text from the store with advertising. I didn't give them my cell phone # or permission to text me, but they did. Found out that they have a system in place that captures cell phone info in the store and then sends advertising texts. Crossing their threshhold is considered tacit approval to do this even though I am totally unaware of it. Doesn't matter that I may have to pay for their text depending on what plan I have. I have to opt out after the fact to stop more texts from being sent and there's no guarantee another visit to the store won't get me back on their list.
The technology is moving faster than our ability to control it or even comprehend the ways in which it can be used or affect us. That's part of why I don't want to be forced to trust Google with my personal info.
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i completely see what your saying. that sometimes we take our security vs privleges for granted. call me nieve if you will but im usually th kinda guy that will trust/respect you untill given a reason not. ive always used live myself with out any problems. and i use google now without any problems. like you say technology is advancing so much, i feel, if someone wants my info that bad all it really takes are just a few clicks of a mouse. on the case of the store "authorizing" itself to text you adverts with you beng unaware thats definatly where i draw the line and makes wonder how they were doing it.