The week passed by three major technology companies has publicly admitted that over the privacy of their users they put the safety of children. OR GoogleThe Microsoft and Facebook said they scanned their users' records and promoted possible violations of law enforcement.
As far as Google is concerned, you may already know that it scans emails to better target the ads it serves to its users. THE procedure this takes place after the message is sent, when it reaches its destination and is stored in the cloud.
If you have a Gmail account, you have already accepted it, as the company says it in the Terms of Service. So it's no secret that Google scans your content. An automated system gathers the keywords and then creates a kind of profile that includes the things you like.
The same applies to images in e-mails that pass through Google's servers. We all know that Google has a pretty advanced technology to recognize photos and not only.
Of course, many in the last week have wondered whether Google has the right to scan personal data. Emails are private and only we should have access to their contents if we want to talk about protection of the private life.
Google and other major tech companies, however, seem to be putting children's safety ahead of privacy. The company also never lasted secret the fact that he is trying to eradicate child pornography. For the past eight years it has even worked with British authorities in the hope that this type of sick content could one day be eradicated.
While the steps taken by tech companies are controversial, even the biggest defenders of privacy should start to appreciate the Results (when they overcome their ambivalence).
Watching companies for child pornography and child abuse should be an exception and find us all in agreement. But is that the case? Who makes sure that Google and every Google will only stop at this point? Who defines the fine lines that make a tracking necessary and acceptable?
We will have to repeat once again: The internet can not be a personal data store.
The information exposes the audience to companies that see dollars and governments looking for power. Consumerism, and imperialism have the first say in the globalization offered by the Internet.
"Although the measures taken by technology companies are controversial…"
Not at all controversial is it stupid. On the contrary, they have been publicly known for many years (see Photo DNA by Microsoft). If you want to shout for the "protection of your personal data", shout for the ads that serve you based on them. Not for scanning child abuse photos! Injured!