It's Time To Admit That The Amount Of Information Google Is Gathering About Us Genuinely Terrifying

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-information-google-is-gathering-about-us-is-terrifying-2014-6



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Google is about to have satellites watching everything in near real-time.

Thanks to Google's $500 million acquisition of Skybox Imaging, Google has an all-seeing eye in the sky. Skybox Imaging has access to loads of high-resolution imagery and video of landscapes throughout the world.

"Their satellites will help keep our maps accurate with up-to-date imagery," Google said at the time of the acquisition. "Over time, we also hope that Skybox’s team and technology will be able to help improve Internet access and disaster relief — areas Google has long been interested in.”

But Google failed to mention that it also now has the intelligence to determine things like when the next iPhone will be released. That's because Skybox measures the density of trucks outside Foxconn. If Google keeps a close eye on Foxconn, it could theoretically use that information to decide the optimal time to start discounting products, or ramping up its marketing campaigns.

In short, Google essentially now has its own surveillance network and inside knowledge of Apple's manufacturing operations.



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