Google Acquires Fitbit

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  1. BonsaiNut

    BonsaiNut iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Troutman, NC
    Name:
    Greg P
    Current Bike:
    Santa Cruz Hightower CC XX1
    And people wonder why I don't have a Facebook account... and why I deleted my LinkedIn account... and why I don't have a Strava account....

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/01/tech/fitbit-google-acquisition/index.html

    Why would Google want to buy FitBit? Answer - so it could own all of your personal health information for all time. It certainly isn't because they make any money on hardware.

    I get a warm and fuzzy feeling inside at the idea of a private company selling my health info on the public market, so other companies can send me ads for Rogaine... or whatever :) I am truly about to start creating false personalities on the Internet - all claiming to be me - just to start tangling up the web a little bit.
     
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  2. DangerDirtyD

    DangerDirtyD iMTB Hooligan

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    CA
    Name:
    Chicken Nugget
    Current Bike:
    2018 Guerrilla Gravity SMASH
    Maybe consider living a life not worthy of consideration.
     
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  3. Cyclotourist

    Cyclotourist iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Redlands
    Name:
    David
    Current Bike:
    Don't fence me in!
    I, for one, welcome our digital overlords!

    a9e.jpg
     
  4. BonsaiNut

    BonsaiNut iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Troutman, NC
    Name:
    Greg P
    Current Bike:
    Santa Cruz Hightower CC XX1
    I was already uncomfortable with LinkedIn when it was a private company... and then Microsoft bought them :( So now Microsoft owns the profession resumes of pretty much everyone in the country.

    If someone can sell your information, you are worthy of consideration :) You might not have a penny to your name, but if Taco Bell is willing to pay to send you an ad... you are worth something :)
     
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  5. Torrent77

    Torrent77 Well-Known Member

    Name:
    Dave
    Jokes on them! My resume on linked in hasn't been updated since 1995. Maybe that's why I've been getting odd emails about my PASCAL skills and understanding of the Dewey decimal system.
     
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  6. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

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    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
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    YT Izzo
    Im having my cranial barcode burned on tomorrow morning, bright and early. Have you had yours done yet?
     
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  7. BonsaiNut

    BonsaiNut iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Troutman, NC
    Name:
    Greg P
    Current Bike:
    Santa Cruz Hightower CC XX1
    Half the time I think having a national ID card would be a good idea... and then I think of how the government would abuse it, while not using it as a requirement to vote or obtain government services.

    The only way to truly go off the grid is to become an illegal alien.
     
  8. doublewide

    doublewide iMTB Rockstah

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    Mark
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  9. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

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    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
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    Giant XTC with pedals
    I don't see the problem.
    Linked in? Never.
    Fakebook. Never .
    Twitter? Never.

    This site is as social media as I get.
     
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  10. CBone

    CBone iMTB Rockstah

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    Tucker
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    Intense Primer
    You will be absorbed
     
  11. Old&InTheWay

    Old&InTheWay Well-Known Member

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    Steve
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  12. Danimal

    Danimal iMTB Addict

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    Name:
    Dan
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    Epic Evo
    What they know is just creepy and voyueristic. If I tried to accumulate similar info about someone the FBI or such would be at my door.
    We've been assimilated and the only thing left is to accept becoming a Borg.
     
  13. scan

    scan iMTB Rockstah

    Name:
    fran allas
    Current Bike:
    Scott Spark
    Amazon, Google??
     
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  14. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    Amazon nope.

    Google for search. Yes.
     
  15. mike

    mike iMTB Hooligan

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    Western US
    Name:
    Mike O
    Current Bike:
    HT, FS
    Maiden provides the appropriate response...



    Run! Fight! Amazing solos!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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As a former Amazon Associate I continue to get screwed trying to stay qualified as an Amazon Affiliate. So I quit!


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