When you hear the word Google, the next thing that probably pops in your mind is “Search”. Google is the only word that has replaced the word “Search” in many peoples vocabulary. Ever catch yourself saying “Google it” rather than “Search it”?
Google is no stranger to collecting your information, but sometimes it’s necessary in order to better serve you advertisements and enhance service. What if a recently filed patent comes to life? Google could be taking the whole ‘collecting information’ to a new extreme.
Google has created one of the largest sources of information combined with innovation available. They’ve created algorithms and catalogued the Internet. They’ve taken pictures all over the globe and used them to create an accurate ground-level map of the world. They’ve charted the seas and skies, handed out alternatives to expensive software and created an open source operating system, just to give it away to manufacturers for free. Why? To serve you ads.
What if Google was planning something even a step further, something that no one would expect?
Google has recently filed a patent titled “Advertising based on environmental conditions.” Google wants to monitor your phone calls, and listen for things to pick up on that could be of use for advertising. Like rain, so they can sell you umbrellas. Of course, it wouldn’t be a human tapping into your phone calls, filling out information on you. It would be an Android. Which makes it totally not creepy…. Right?
You all should know by now that the world of privacy that you once knew is dead, and has been dead for a long time now. It’s just a question of how private do you feel, even though your life is totally exposed by the all seeing eyes of the world and those who know how to fetch the data.
Here’s a funny mock up videos of what these services could potentially evolve to.
As of now it’s all just ideas floating around, but could you imagine a future like this?
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