Google Voice - Closer To Complete Domination Or Valuable Service, Advantages And Disadvantages


I normally am an optimist so we will consider that aspect foremost. A few of the several technologies being offered are, voice mail transcription, one number, cheaper international calls, and sms to email. All these could be of tremendous benefit to subscribers. Likewise with the financial control and specialized knowledge at Google the product is liable to be way better than any rivals.

The one number offer is likely to be of great benefit to anyone that needs to stay in constant contact. Just as voice mail transcription will give you a permanently saved copy of all voice mail communications. Similar to millions I opened up a Gmail service shortly after launch and can still find any email from then. I even now have yet to produce any impression in the sizable storage assigned to my mailbox. In all probability your voice mails will likewise be there years into the future.

Finishing off the list of Google Voice pros, other useful service being offered are free sms to email and vice versa. You can evaluate Google/voice for more detailed features.

The draw backs of the new system.

This brings us to what I look at as Google Voice cons. Do people really know what Google really does with the wide range of information it has on every individual using their services? From your browsing habits to all your emails, permanently stored and backed up all over the planet. Now with their new voice service they are able to add particulars on every incoming call you have ever had and dialed on your trusty new Google number. Another thing Google is not lacking in beside capital and online clout is data storage space.

As far as I understand Google has never done anything unethical with this data even so the point is it is there. Government agencies all over the world would love to have access to this information all using the guise of anti-terrorism measures. This might sound a bit melodramatic but the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 act tabled to the American Senate gives the president and his home security agencies the power to shut down the internet or police it if a vaguely written national cyber emergency was proclaimed.

And as everyone knows were America goes the majority of the Western world sooner or later follows. In one conceivable future if a matching bill was soon tabled in the European Union and elsewhere. Would you be so eager to have all this information readily accessible to shady government agencies?

People could be under the illusion that they have control over their own personal accounts and could just delete any information that might compromise them. But any one that understands the workings of computer systems would know this really is not true. If for example some shady agency was watching your mailbox, freshly deleted mails would be the the very first thing they would recover.

Google online Domination?

I don't think anyone can debate with the fact that Google Voice leads the company nearer to comprehensive and irreversible domination of the world wide web. However being an optimist and interested in fresh technology I applaud Google's new venture. And will probably be first in line if and when it is unveiled worldwide. On the other hand I will be keenly aware that I will be significantly adding to my electronic footprint.


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