Posted on 01/24/2012 3:05:35 PM PST by Freedom56v2
As owner of an android platform phone, I called my cell service provider and they said that tho I had to establish a gmail account to activiate the phone and need to use gmail account to purchase applications, I don’t need to keep logged in to the gmail to use the phone.
Thots on this folks?
I am now Start Page or Scroogle. I am finding that Scroogle sometimes gets denied access tho.
I am leaning towards getting my own domain name and then email hosting thru so some service like GoDaddy—maybe there is a better one?
I am in the process of dropping all google related items. WWW.gizmodo.com has a good thread on how to do this and what decisions to make prior to canceling your gmail.
It's been a year since I canceled Facebook and I have not missed it yet.
They are saying that while you are logged in, they will track where you are going if using Google search engine. If you use You Tube, they will monitor that. They can read content of emails and then provide info to advertisers, etc. Ramifications of this are huge and advertising is just the beginning...IMHO.
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From what I understand you can no longer log out. I have always logged out and I will let my professional listserve go if need be.
They are saying that while you are logged in, they will track where you are going if using Google search engine. If you use You Tube, they will monitor that. They can read content of emails and then provide info to advertisers, etc. Ramifications of this are huge and advertising is just the beginning...IMHO.
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From what I understand you can no longer log out. I have always logged out and I will let my professional listserve go if need be.
I have roadrunner and use outlook at home and i understand I could use it on a phone, if I ever chose to get one. I think not though.
I am going to get one of those ipad fours and use internet connections when I need to.
I opted out. I deleted my g-mail account deleted my Google favorite bookmark. I also dumped my Android phone and got an Iphone. As I learn what else is associated with Google, I will either delete it or stop using it.
Gibiru is my new search engine.
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