Last but not least: "Big Google" - the big brother
Thanks to Street View, Google now has a close-up view of what’s happening on Swiss streets. Orwell and Foucault would be pleased. For those who want to completely escape surveillance, the Google-free village «Opt-Out Village» offers an alternative.
With the launch of Street View in Switzerland, you can now take a virtual stroll through local cities. The images are quite sharp and everything is recognizable. What about privacy protection? Aha, a click on the Google info page shows that the search engine giant has also thought about this. "Learn how Google protects your privacy" is the promising message on the homepage. Firstly, images are not displayed in real time, but are edited first. Secondly, people would be made unrecognizable. However, the third point shows that you can't really rely on this: request the removal of an image. This means that if you want to be sure that you are not included, you have to take matters into your own hands. Constantly searching all the places where you have been in the last few months seems - to put it mildly - a bit cumbersome.
The only real solution is presented by the fictitious news channel Onion Network News. If you want to effectively protect yourself against Google's data collection mania, you have the option of being transported to the remote "Opt-Out Village", where you are guaranteed to no longer be spied on. The video below explains exactly what a drop-out can expect in the "Google-free village". Interested parties can contact Google via the "Opt-Out" function on the Google homepage, or follow the newsreader's advice and ask a friend for help via email - Google will be in touch shortly.
The only real solution is presented by the fictitious news channel Onion Network News. If you want to effectively protect yourself against Google's data collection mania, you have the option of being transported to the remote "Opt-Out Village", where you are guaranteed to no longer be spied on. The video below explains exactly what a drop-out can expect in the "Google-free village". Interested parties can contact Google via the "Opt-Out" function on the Google homepage, or follow the newsreader's advice and ask a friend for help via email - Google will be in touch shortly.
Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village
