[mythtv-users] OT: Google - big brother? or I going mad?

David Brieck Jr. dbrieck at gmail.com
Tue Sep 14 13:19:47 UTC 2010


On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Doug Lytle <support at drdos.info> wrote:

>
>> If you read a Linux magazine, it's often get many articles about privacy
>> and security and keeping your system safe. Yet these same magazines discuss
>> gmail, Android, google calendar and picassa without any mention of privacy
>> and security. The files that are being put through googles
>>
>
> I have an Android phone, but I refuse to get a gmail account, just so I can
> get applications.  I'll find other means, but it is frustrating that
> everything leads back to Google when you want to do things with this phone.
>
>
>
Doug, I thought all that was needed to access the market was a Google
Account, which doesn't require a gmail account. You can create one using any
email address you like, then you'll be able to setup Google Checkout so you
can buy any app you might want.
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