I very much read the article, I just disagree with it. To clarify again, I was never a paid worker at Google. I was asked to volunteer as a guest lecturer and received nothing for my time other than the satisfaction of teaching basic skills to a room full of up and coming Android developers.
I defended Google based on merit, not company bias because they paid my bills. They didn't even pay for my hotel or travel time. As I clearly stated I was strictly an "unpaid volunteer" who lectured to a bunch of undergraduate students because everyone deserves free education. There was not a single ulterior motive for my appearance and my agreement to speak at the conference.
I just complimented you when I saw one of your other answers (bank). I couldn't reply to since steemit only permits few levels of replies.
It seems that I was expecting that you will stop acting like a troll, but what can a man do. There is a glimmer of hope when it comes to you, because you like to help other people, but you have a long road ahead of you before you see what's going on.
This conversation is pointless and this is where I leave you to believe what you want.
All best.
I shall do the same as it appears we will have to agree to disagree on this one.
For what it's worth you seem quite intelligent and honestly am I'm sorry if I upset you and derailed your thread.
I wish you the best as well.
Or you could always just edit your comment rather than reply to mine so the thread turns into me replying to myself like this... If someone doesn't know how to turn off location based services, install custom firmware/software, or scrub their devices of malware I would blame the user for failure to do their due diligence. Paid software that doesn't spy on you? I prefer open source so I can see the code before trusting it but then again what would a CompSci major with a list of credentials know about that kind of thing anyway? Oh yeah, there's that homework thing again that springs to mind.
That is commendable, I really mean it.
My argument is that Google, like Apple, Facebook and Microsoft, all have ulterior agenda that is hidden from public. I don't mean regular business secrets, I mean exactly what I wrote above. Since I am in the business of web development and programming, I know how easy is to implement everything I wrote about, but because of my background in marketing and design I also know how it can be easily mixed with propaganda and manipulation.
When it comes to OS I am using, I have 2 installed on my PC. Ubuntu and Windows. Windows is unfortunately required for my line of work, because there aren't good alternatives for Design programs. Who knows, maybe I force myself one of these days to design on Linux and then write about my experience.
Because I am aware that Windows is spyware, I have learned to use Firewalls and some other alternative hacks to prevent communication with Microsoft servers. I am vigilant about my privacy and I know that it is constantly under attack with these "free" services we once thought will liberate us.
If you want to educate people, like I see you do, explore alternatives to mainstream google services. You will see that there are plenty of good choices.
I will leave you with this thought: "If you throw a frog into a boiling water, it will immediately jump out, but if you put it in water and heat it slowly, frog will die because it will end up cooked".