http://www.exploit-db.com Exploits (types of viruses) in the past ~6 weeks alone: Windows 17 iOS 1 OSX 0
Read means parse the characters from top to bottom, left to right. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/15/gmail-ads_n_5149032.html
Yeah, but most people don't consider programs scanning their e-mails for ad targeting to be the same as people reading through their e-mails as you implied. I asked, right at the beginning, whether you were referring to programmatic attempts to target ads. You were. So that's that.
I think they do more than just scan the emails. I think they tie it to your behavior. They know what you wrote in email, where you were physically when you sent email with your phone, what searches you made, etc. They have a "file" on you. Like and FBI file.
I'd agree with that, but it's far more wide-reaching than Google. I have little doubt that Apple does the same thing with whatever information you provide them (like iTunes Store purchases) and many, many companies across the Internet track your online footprint and trade amongst themselves. Any company with the ability is going to engage in this. I don't think Google is noble or pure-hearted, nor do I think they're any more sinister or evil than any other corporation (though they are bigger than most others when it comes to online presence). All corporations are motivated by what's best for them, not protecting their consumers (any protection they do offer their consumers is purely a calculated risk/reward decision about their reputation).
Google 10,000,000+, Apple 1. http://marketingland.com/google-analytics-is-installed-on-more-than-10-million-websites-9935
We are really close to dumping them and selling ads ourselves. The analytics are great for free, tho.
Hey man, my gaming PC is 3 years old and the only thing i need to upgrade in it soon is the graphics card.
Have you ever had an AMD card? I'm looking at the GTX 900 series when it comes out to upgrade from my 560 TI, but Nvidia is so much more expensive. The R9 280x looks nice, but i want to have it for like 4 years, and i don't know if that one is going to last that long.
While I mostly agree with this, I would argue that people that use Apple products as a lifestyle - did not have one to begin with either... If you need a brand-name product to be "stylish" - well...
