Earlier in the month, I did blog entries like this one on how smart phones put out by Apple and Google come with technology that tracks your location. The technology creates massive databases tapping into the $2.9 billion market for location-based services. It's money for jam.
But now we have reports from The Wall Street Journal that Apple and Google are also collecting location information from personal computers. According to the WSJ, Apple gathers information from Apple Macintosh computers connected to Wi-Fi networks, and Google collects data from Wi-Fi-connected computers that use Google's Chrome browser or search "toolbar."
Welcome to the age of Big Brother. Only when George Orwell developed the term for his book 1984 in the late 40s, he was talking about intrusive government. More than 60 years later, we see that role has been taken over by corporations using our personal information for profit.
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