Imagine this, you pick up your morning cup of coffee before driving to work and you run into a traffic jam. You spend a couple minutes weaving in and out of cars trying to find the fastest lane, your cell phone sends you a text message saying, “Hey Johnny, you’re going to be late for work, I’ve found an alternate path you can take to avoid being late, would you like me to guide you?” you click okay, and your phone responds, “Take exit 21a, stay on Richmond Ave for 4 miles, take a left on Park Blvd, drive for about 8 more miles, then take a right on Adams Ave, destination will be to your right…” and your phone has just saved the day. You arrive to work on time and ready for the day. Believe it or not, this may be available in the near future.

According to an article written by Scientific American, Googles new privacy policy will merge data from the products you use and then analyze it to make new assumptions. This is not Googles version of Siri, instead it’s a way to better understand a person based on past preferences, searches, schedules, and any other type of data you have shared with Google over the years. If you are using Google Calendar then they know where you are or where you need to be. Additionally if you are using an android device then google has your exact location and even preferences of where you’ve been before.

So, you know that crazy guy you’ve seen huddled up in the corner of a desolate building mumbling nonsense like ‘they know where we are, they know who I am’… He may not be that crazy after all. Ok, he’s probably still crazy, but at least due to Googles new privacy policy he can be seen as a little less crazy.

Google has decided that people are either going to have to take it or leave it. If you continue to use popular google products such as Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs, and the other bundle of products after March 1st, 2012, you will be doing so under Googles new privacy policy.

It looks as though Googles services and the android plan to turn humans into mindless drones. I’m all for it, I’ll use my Android to turn into a droid myself.

I don’t feel that these privacy policies are as big of a deal as others are making it out to be. Google will try and understand each user better so that it can help assist them with many aspects of their life in the future. I think that is pretty cool. Let me know what you think, shoot me a comment below.