[conspire] (forw) Re: GOOGLE: If You Use Gmail, You Have 'No Legitimate Expectation Of Privacy'

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Josef Grosch (jgrosch at gmail.com):

> Could not agree more. Their, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft (Bing),
> business model is advertising.

Well, so far, it is -- as far as can still be determined from public
filings.  One interesting thing about data banking is you can find
multiple uses for it and thus monetise it in various ways.

Actually, there's also been a quiet boom in firms like this one:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/palantir-the-vanguard-of-cyberterror-security-11222011.html