[epithermal]

Hmmmm - I wonder if they are working on this with the NSA?

[a fool in paradise]

[Soothesayer9]

AVOID GOOGLE.

[La Lydia]

That is why when they offered it to me, I declined. I was watching TV late one night and saw this movie called The President’s Analyst. It was pretty old, but nicely paranoid, and at the end it turned out that AT&T had a tiny phone (we would call it a chip now) implanted in everyone’s head. I am beginning to think Google is the AT&T of our day.

[Rio]

Wickipedia Article.

Google Voice is a telecommunications service by Google[1] launched on March 11, 2009. The service provides a US phone number, chosen by the user from available numbers in selected area codes, free of charge to each user account. Inbound calls to this number are forwarded to other phone numbers of the subscriber. Outbound calls may be placed to domestic and international destinations by dialing the Google Voice number or from a web-based application.[2] Inbound and outbound calls to US (including Alaska and Hawaii)[3] and Canada[4] are free of charge. International calls are billed according to a schedule posted on the Google Voice website.[5]

[Mr. Blonde]

Google Voice is awesome. Especially the international dialing. It seems to be at least a minimum of half as cheap as calling through my carrier, but I can still do it through my phone.

Getting email notifications of emails is handy too. Although the transcriptions can be pretty hilarious.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Hmmmm - I wonder if they are working on this with the NSA?

I'd imagine the NSA will demand and get the same warrantless wire-tap access that they already have with every US phone carrier. If you're declining this offer due to concerns about privacy, you presumably have no phone connection at all. It's free service to any phone from your networked computer. I'm in.

[nathanbedford]

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