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leveymg

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1. To know what info people are searching for is to know what they don't know (and, what they know)

Reply to EFerrari (Original post)

Fri May 11, 2012, 12:13 PM

May 2012

on a wide range of subjects. Everyone does Google searches -- tinker, tailor, soldier, spy -- and, that in itself would make Google, if it didn't exist, something NSA (and a number of agencies, both US and others) would HAVE TO invent.

Besides, resale of (some) of its data on Google users is worth billions. Any smart person would want to get in at the moment of conception.

So, why should anyone be at all surprised? It's simply irresistible.

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To know what info people are searching for is to know what they don't know (and, what they know) leveymg May 2012 #1