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How to opt out of Google and protect your privacy: Move to remote village
But America's finest news source, The Onion, lets us know that Google has a new service that lets you opt out. All you have to do is click the opt-out button and a van will show up at your door and relocate you to a remote 22 acre village where you'll be expected to sever all contact with the outside world. Your home will be destroyed to protect your privacy.
You can check out The Onion's satirical video after the break. Sure, it's all a joke. But you know what? It does highlight just how difficult it is to stay off the grid in the age of the internet.
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Subscribe to commentswine.curmudgeonAug 11th 2009 6:02PM
No, not.. not in The Village... Does it have a huge bouncing ball if you try to escape?
Christian VelasquezAug 11th 2009 8:16PM
You just reminded of the Simpsons episode; the one where they promised a planet utopia if they praised/worshiped "the leader"
The Simpsons had to live some type of village, Marge tried to escape, there was bouncing ball entrapment to prevent escape
techpopsAug 12th 2009 8:14AM
LOL the prisoner, I am not a number!
XanthonusAug 12th 2009 8:14AM
This is by far my favorite Onion video. I hate Google!
techpopsAug 12th 2009 8:14AM
Dangerous talk my friend. The Google spiders are listening :)
dpAug 12th 2009 8:14AM
And here I was hoping that Google were about the resolve the rural digital divide by offering free shuttle rides to the nearest public terminals (web terminals, that is). Given that they provide so many free web-based services, it seems right that they expand into real-world services too.
They could at least offer to convert the Google Maps cars into something like the Bookmobiles of old.