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Why doesn't google offer a paid version which encrypts your data and takes all manors of privacy measures? I would go for that
by danielpatrick 10y ago
Why doesn't google offer a paid version which encrypts your data and takes all manors of privacy measures? I would go for that
- awqrre 10y agoGoogle gets some special perks from the Government if they don't...
- dredmorbius 10y agoCitation requested.
- awqrre 10y agonot being sued for monopolistic practices could be one
- mjevans 10y agoIt would be nice if Google offered a paid set of services that: 1) Would use a public cryptography key to encrypt for storage any messages sent to you in the clear. 2) Not index or advertise to you (since you're now a customer). 3) Provide some reasonable support. 4) Have 'opt out' for ads elsewhere in their networks too. 5) Provide access to a fully anonymous (globally shared profile, no search/user matching logs of any kind) search system.
- linkregister 10y agoG-Suite (their $5/mo/user Google Apps offering) fulfills some of these. 2. Email isn't scanned and ads aren't presented within Gmail (Search still has them) 3. Limited support The rest can be self-fulfilled by running an ad blocker, and using Incognito/Privacy mode for searches. Granted, these are annoying . All Google accounts can disable indexing for advertisement, and can opt out of using web history to "improve" ad placement.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoThe biggest issue is user perception. Google does not want people to believe that their services are not private and secure. So offering a private and secure option does not work for the story they are trying to market. Only a niche crowd would select this option, so the revenue they'd potentially gain is much less than what they put at risk with the change in messaging.