Comments on: Congressional Kabuki dance http://yardley.ca/2008/08/12/congressional-kabuki-dance/ greg yardley on online product management Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:04:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob Leathern http://yardley.ca/2008/08/12/congressional-kabuki-dance/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 Rob Leathern Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:14:48 +0000 http://yardley.ca/?p=607#comment-1900 I'd be a bit more concerned about some of the other data Google has access to, and I heard rumors of them building or considering building data products around, the data from Google Desktop. They have insights into what people are looking for on their machine, what applications they have installed, in conjunction with browsing habits etc. Also history shows that regulators usually have some getting-a-clue issues; that being said, self-regulation has been a fairly miserable failure as well. It's a bit of a crapshoot. I’d be a bit more concerned about some of the other data Google has access to, and I heard rumors of them building or considering building data products around, the data from Google Desktop. They have insights into what people are looking for on their machine, what applications they have installed, in conjunction with browsing habits etc.

Also history shows that regulators usually have some getting-a-clue issues; that being said, self-regulation has been a fairly miserable failure as well. It’s a bit of a crapshoot.

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