Computers & Internet Digital Integration...

[radiojake]

This has been disturbing me a bit of late and I wanted to know everyone else's thought about it.

I recently signed up to Gmail for my band's email account, I've always just used my old hotmail that is 10 years old for my personal stuff -

Anyway, was sending some emails from Gmail earlier today - Then just before I went onto youtube to look at rubbish, when suddenly, youtube has signed into my gmail and was asking me to set up a youtube account with the gmail address I'd set up for the band -

This stuff pisses me off - I don't want to sign up to youtube - I don't want youtube to automatically log me just because I sent emails earlier in the day -

Another thing is that when I get emails in my hotmail, I get their facebook photo showing at the bottom of the email - I don't have facebook and these people who are emailing me certainly haven't given me permission to view their facebook (whether they care, is another thing) - but it's weird that hotmail is displaying avatar photos from another site without people's knowledge (one was my housemate - he thought it was weird)

Why do we accept this? Do you even care?

At what point does the digital integration stop?

 

[Shane Hird]

It is just the beginning.

Will end with digital micro chips embedded under our skin at birth so we can all be connected and available 24/7 for spam.

 

[checkraiseulite]

spell-check has integrated well over its 40yr+ history

 

[little graham]

At what point does the digital intergration stop?

 

[Deliverance]

Not many people care, because most people sign up for that sh!t, and the companies peddling the products love it because they tap in to a whole new marketplace and make loads of money. I guess if you don't want it, don't sign up for it. I avoid a lot of that tech stuff for that very reason, but some peoples online life is very important to them.

 

[The Passenger]

Why do we accept this? Do you even care?

I do care and I'm not a big fan.

I don't mind that many sites have the single sign in option where you can sign in with your gmail account and it links it all together. stackoverflow.com is a great one, and it's work good for me because that is a web-site I use within my profession. Youtube is generally a personal thing and it does annoy me when I've signed into my professional gmail account and then forgot to log out and go youtubing.

As said I don't mind the option, but It needs to be an opt-in thing. Not automatic.

Unfortunately there isn't a whole lot one can do. Google has bought youtube and I guess when you visit their servers they have the right to do what they want. We have the right to do what we want and if that means walking away from both web-sites then I guess that's our option. Many people have exercised that option.

I try to explain to people just what information these companies are capable of gathering on your, and by extension who knows what third parties are being divulged this information.

 

[Gasometer]

 

[JuddsABlue]

Doesnt really bother me but I have a natural reaction to avoid them before making the connection, not really sure why

Took me a while to link my gmail and youtube but I'm thankful for it now, makes using youtube a lot easier with less usernames and passwords to remember (i use different pwords for all accounts)

I dont however use facebook to connect/sign up for anything. I'm pretty skeptical of facebook and its privacy although not really educated in either facebook or googles privacy etc so yeah its just what I do

 

[radiojake]

spell-check has integrated well over its 40yr+ history

touché

 

[PP34]

I only have a Youtube account to keep playlists.

Google forcing you to sign up with them is a joke.

 

[grimface_87]

I only have a Youtube account to keep playlists.

Google forcing you to sign up with them is a joke.

But how is it supposed to remember your playlists if you don't sign up?

 

[Illinois Nazi]

But how is it supposed to remember your playlists if you don't sign up?

They're Google. They already know.

 

[Scotland]

I get more annoyed at the fact that seemingly no software, hardware etc. seems to function without connecting to the internet to complete some form of time consuming registration.

I'm not interested in new products or updates or device drivers. I just want the cheap, simple printer I bought at the shop to produce images and text on paper on command from my computer. That's it. I swear things were simpler in the 1990s when you had to do everything yourself with a series of 3.5" floppy disks and and instruction booklet. We've gone from that to plug and play (which is is awesome) to plug and play plus filling in a census which invariably just leads to more spam emails and more things wanting to update and restart your machine.