[mehulkar]

It's different because Comcast/Verizon don't have your email and your calendar and your web surfing habits and your voicemail and your text messages and your contacts and did I mention your email?

[dag11]

Huh?

Many people use Comcast/Verizon-provided email services. Most people use them for their home voicemail too. And they can absolutely see your surfing habits if they want to -- excluding encrypted communications, of course.

[danso]

There's a gulf of difference between having access to your surfing habits and having access to that information via a structured database.

[mbreese]

You're assuming that Comcast doesn't have this in a structured database?

[WiseWeasel]

And ads/analytics/+1 buttons on pretty much every website ever.

[angryasian]

people have been using this argument for years, just wondering has there ever been any example(citation) where this has been an issue yet ?

[andyfleming]

It's a great point. I've always shared the same suspicion, but there hasn't been any instance yet, at least in the public eye, where google has abused my personal data.

I think they've just realized for everyone to "move to the cloud", we need internet that makes it possible.