Google blimps will carry wireless signal across Africa
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#2This is so much more awesome than Glass, it defies description.
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#3In the areas where these blimps will be deployed, there almost certainly hasn't been the same discussions of privacy, tracking, corporate abuse, data breaches and perils of giving personal information out on the web nor the 20 years of background to go with it. You don't suppose Google will be educating the future web users to protect themselves from Google, do you?
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#4Doesn't using TV signals or satellite require special hardware that doesn't come on cheap android phones?
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#5In the areas where these blimps will be deployed, there almost certainly hasn't been the same discussions of privacy, tracking, corporate abuse, data breaches and perils of giving personal information out on the web nor the 20 years of background to go with it. You don't suppose Google will be educating the future web users to protect themselves from Google, do you?
I honestly don't care if they do. Users of this service come out ahead without them doing so. It puts them in a better place to gain experience about these issues and learn how to protect themselves moving forward.
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#6Only Google...
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#7In the areas where these blimps will be deployed, there almost certainly hasn't been the same discussions of privacy, tracking, corporate abuse, data breaches and perils of giving personal information out on the web nor the 20 years of background to go with it. You don't suppose Google will be educating the future web users to protect themselves from Google, do you?
Seems to me users would have access to the same Internet as you or me. They will be able to read about these issues, just the same as we can.
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#8Doesn't using TV signals or satellite require special hardware that doesn't come on cheap android phones?
The article is fairly light on technical details, however the signals will probably be some manner of 3G (or even LTE).
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#9That image of the Google blimp almost looks like the logo was photoshopped on. Any way to tell if that's real or not?
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#10My girlfriend just asked a question that had not even occurred to me: what happens during a storm? I am sure Google's engineers have a way to handle that, but I am genuinely curious about what their solution is.