Re: Don't Get Scroogled!

[Steve Pirk <pirkster () gmail com>]

Wow, Microsoft is running these ads on TV? Damn, they must be really
desperate... :-)

> From a Tech crunch article (many more articles  that say basically the same
thing...
http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/09/microsofts-latest-scroogle-ads-attack-sharing-of-information-that-google-developers-need-to-process-transactions/
(When I purchase with wallet on a PC browser, the merchant is handed a
garbled email, and I have to grant them access to my real email. Kind of
like Craigslist)
...
Google Wallet shares the information needed to process transactions and
maintain accounts, and this is clearly stated in the Google Wallet Privacy
Notice.

Why the mention of Google Wallet?

The main difference between Google Play and the Apple App Store is that
Google uses its “Wallet” service to process transactions. While it’s not a
third-party service in the sense that it’s a different company, it is a
function of the process that is not embedded into the Google Play
experience. It’s something that users are made aware of in the terms of
service and privacy policies when they sign up.

More importantly, when merchants and developers sign up to sell things in
Google Play, they must buy into not sharing any of the information that
they get, which is name, email address and general location — the things
that all companies selling things online need in order to process your
transaction and provide support. Better start your attack against Amazon,
Etsy and everyone else on the Internet, Microsoft.

I know, Google is the big bad guy... Well, if giants like Microsoft feel
they need to pull stuff like this to survive, maybe it is not so bad that
they get taken down a peg or two :-)

-- steve
I just saw this ad on television. It was funny as hell, and included
the wifi collector car.

http://www.scroogled.com
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