Google Expected to Launch Invasive “Gdrive”

The Kingdom of Google is working to expand its empire from the realms of the Internet by waging a siege upon our desktop regions, with the launch of a service that would enable users to access their personal computer from any Internet connection.

But the Orwellian tone of the vast Google Empire gives cause for concern amongst many Internet users. Peter Brown, executive director of the Free Software Foundation, said: “It’s a little bit like saying, ‘we’re in a dictatorship, the trains are running on time.’ But does it matter to you that someone can see everything on your computer? Does it matter that Google can be subpoenaed at any time to hand over all your data to the American government?”

As it is now the Google search engine doesn’t just point users to existing information on the Web; it also collects information about its users’ behavior in order to display adverts of their search topic. In the past Google introduced Gmail, which enables the Google “robot” to automatically scan user content for key words in private Gmail messages in order to send them relevant advertising. This application caused a widely reported public uproar over users’ privacy being abused.

There have been concerns about how secure the company’s control over user data actually is. From all too common cases of Gmail accounts accidentally being erased, which could possibly be replicated on the “Gdrive” format. Although the drive does offer convenient access at all times to our personal files, the thing is do we actually want easy access to this information.

An April Fools prank two years ago announced the launch of the “Gdrive” on an official Google blog and paradoxically they are now said to be officially launching this year, rumours date all the way back to 2006.  Google has refused to confirm the launch but acknowledged the growing demand for cloud computing.

Now with Google Drive in the works it makes one wonder if this vast empire will use our information for good or evil?

Posted by Trista Orchard in Sci-tech | January 26, 2009 6:00PM |