Google Stingrays
If they want to keep using Google Wave, they’ll need to agree to have Stingrays installed in their homes and offices. These are Google’s new audio and video surveillance cameras, which are controlled by Blue Whale. They aren’t monitored by people, so Google says there are fewer privacy concerns. Stingrays recognize brands and products and how you use them, focusing in on user interaction with everything from electronics to food. This will create excellent market research, which Google will then anonymize and sell to corporations. (via Google Wave Is Going to Create a Horrifying Dystopian Future - Google Wave - Gizmodo)
