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Google The Gatekeeper Wall (June 28, 2021)

Posted in First Amendment, Google, Monopoly, Technology on June 28, 2021 by e-commentary.org

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K “I was at Firefox to avoid the Google fist and simply sought to duck over and go to duckduckgo. Das ist verboten. Google monitors all requests and demands another step in its monitoring of Internet traffic. When the desired website is one of the sites blocked by Google, the demand appears. The Behemoth blocks. But Google does not block a search of nyt.com or msm.com. Google has offered absolutely no reason why it needs to determine whether the request is coming from a robot. The one thing its AI knows is that the request is not coming from malicious software, a browser plug-in, or a script that sends automated requests but rather is coming from a very sentient and sapien human being.”

J “Not only are they monitoring your searches, they want you to know that they are monitoring your searches. They are brazen because they can be brazen.”

. . .

K “I went to Firefox to search for ‘Mother Teresa’ and the request was sent over from Firefox to Google and then deemed suspicious.”

J “Search for ways to promote world peace or cure cancer and your service may be terminated.”

. . .

K “The CAPTCHA security measure is a clever acronym. Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. Alan Turing’s legacy endures.”

. . .

J “The Internet is evil. There may be a dozen solid reasons why the Internet has improved our lives, but in the final analysis, it is evil. Google’s hip motto was an ironic and prescient admission of just what Google and the Internet would do.”

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[See the e-commentary at “Should You “Friend” The Tech Beasts And Behemoths? (October 23, 2017)”.]

Bumper sticker of the week:

About this page

Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network. This page checks to see if it’s really you sending the requests, and not a robot. Why did this happen?

This page appears when Google automatically detects requests coming from your computer network which appear to be in violation of the Terms of Service. The block will expire shortly after those requests stop. In the meantime, solving the above CAPTCHA will let you continue to use our services.

This traffic may have been sent by malicious software, a browser plug-in, or a script that sends automated requests. If you share your network connection, ask your administrator for help — a different computer using the same IP address may be responsible. Learn more

Sometimes you may be asked to solve the CAPTCHA if you are using advanced terms that robots are known to use, or sending requests very quickly.

IP address: 97.73.244.131
Time: 2021-06-18T19:52:05Z
URL: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=duckduckgo

Yes, indeed, it is really me trying to discern Truth.

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Google: “Be Evil” (September 28, 2020)

Posted in Amazon, Elections, Facebook, Google, Magazine Reference, Monopoly, Privacy, Society, Technology on September 28, 2020 by e-commentary.org

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K “’~~Don’t~~ Be Evil’. An age of overwhelming edgy sarcastic anxiety and detached cynical irony really is not a healthy and productive age.”

J “Our society has not aged well. Bad wine. White wine that has gone sour and not red wine that improved with age. And Google and Facebook and Amazon provide the most perverse ironies of our age.”

. . .

[See “The Big Tech Extortion Racket” in “Harpers” dated September 2020 by Barry C. Lynn.

“In 2018, an Irish technologist named Dylan Curran downloaded the information Google had collected about him. All in all, Curran found, the corporation had gathered 5.5 GB of data on his life, or the equivalent of more than three million Word documents.

In an article for article for “The Guardian”, Curran wrote that within this trove he found

“every Google Ad I’ve ever viewed or clicked on, every app I’ve ever launched or used and when I did it, every website I’ve ever visited and what time I did it. They also have every image I’ve ever searched for and saved, every location I’ve ever searched for or clicked on, every news article I’ve ever searched for or read, and every single Google search I’ve made since 2009. And . . . every YouTube video I’ve ever searched for or viewed, since 2008.”

In addition, Curran discovered that Google keeps a detailed record of what events he attends and when he arrives, what photos he takes and when he takes them, what exercises he does and when he does them. And it has kept every email he has ever sent or received, including those he has deleted.”]

[See the e-commentary at “Goggle” and “Facebook” and “Amazon” and other topics such as “Privacy” and related issues.]

Bumper stickers of the week:

Bye Don 2020 (also sported on lawn signs)

Re-Elect The Mother Fracker (also sported on ball caps and t-shirts)

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Google: Evil Or Vile? An Indictment? (June 24, 2019)

Posted in Google, Technology on June 24, 2019 by e-commentary.org

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K “Evil.”

J “Vile.”

. . .

K “Shuffle the letters. I could live with vile.”

J “I could live with evil.”

. . .

K “Five years ago in response to a request to access ‘e-commentary’, Google provided ‘e-commentary’ on page five. Three years ago in response to a request to access ‘e-commentary’, Google provided ‘e-commentary’ on page three. One year ago, in response to a request to access ‘e-commentary’, Google provided ‘e-commentary’ on page one. One week ago in response to a request to access ‘e-commentary’, Google did not provide ‘e-commentary’ even after scrolling through the first ten pages of responses.”

J “Was that machinated by a machine or a man?”

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K “When you ask Google to deliver the specific and unique website https://e-commentary.org, Google should deliver the specific and unique website https://e-commentary.org without any analysis or delay. However Google developed an algorithm that precludes the only possible response in our universe and instead provides links to Bible commentary and 30 raunchy photos of Melania that Trumpi does not want you to see. Even going ten pages into the response, https://e-commentary.org is never even acknowledged. Even after replicating the inquiry ten times during the day every day for the last ten days, Google does not redeem itself.”

J “There is one and only one and no more than one response to an inquiry seeking the site https://e-commentary.org. That response is https://e-commentary.org. e-commentary is trademarked. As an example of a search engine that works, merely type the trademarked ‘e-commentary’ in DuckDuckGo and https://e-commentary.org is the first response. That is the only response.”

K “That is ducky. Merely type ‘e-commentary’ in Startpage and https://e-commentary.org is the fourth response.

J “That is a good start. Merely type ‘e-commentary’ in searX and https://e-commentary.org is the first response.”

K “That is a searing indictment of Google. Merely type ‘e-commentary’ in DISCONNECT Search and https://e-commentary.org is the first response.”

J “There is no way to disconnect from the Google monster. Merely type ‘e-commentary’ in MetaGer and https://e-commentary.org is the first response.”

K “The Germans get it. Merely type ‘e-commentary’ in Qwant and https://e-commentary.org is the second response.”

J “That is quaint.”

. . .

K “In a kleptocracy with many, many rules and many, many laws, but not the rule of law, one does not have any rights or recourse.”

J “If you do not serve the Google interests, you do not exist. But to its credit, ‘e-commentary’ quotes Captain Tony and Jerry Garcia among others. Google should factor those facts into its factorials.”

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[See the e-commentary three years ago at “The Great Google Wall (June 27, 2016)” and other e-commentary under the Categories “Google” and “Technology”.]

Bumper stickers of the week:

“If I’d written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people – including me – would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.” Hunter S. Thompson

“The more flak you get the closer you are to the target.” World War Two bomber’s observation

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Weather / Climate. Oh, And Have A Happy Solstice! (June 17, 2019)

Posted in Climate, Environment, Global Climate Change, Global Warming, Google, Solstice, Weather on June 17, 2019 by e-commentary.org

[After more than a dozen tries today, Google is not providing access to www.e-commentary.org when searching for www.e-commentary.org.]

. . .

Climate is what you expect. Weather is what you get.

Weather is what you wear. Climate is what’s in your closet.

Weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere and its short-term variation in minutes to days to weeks. Folks regard weather as the combination of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, visibility, and wind. Climate is the overall weather of a place averaged over a period of time such as 10 to 20 to 30 years.

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[See the e-commentary at “Solstice (June 21, 2010)”, “Another Solstice (June 20, 2011)” and “Darkness . . . And Light. Oh, And Happy Winter Solstice! (December 17, 2018)”.]

Bumper sticker of the week:

“Everybody complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it.” Mark Twain

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Alex J. / J. Assange And The First Amendment (August 13, 2018)

Posted in Antitrust, Apple, Awards / Incentives, Courage, Facebook, First Amendment, Google, Monopoly, On [Traits/Characteristics], Perjury/Dishonesty, Supreme Court on August 13, 2018 by e-commentary.org

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K “I don’t think I would like him.”

J “Me neither.”

. . .

J “Which is, of course, the point. Reflect on the principle not on the principal. The Supreme Court looks at the principal not at the principle.”

K “That is the Supreme Court for you.”

J “For me? Not for me. You take ‘em.”

. . .

K “Google, YouTube, Facebook, Apple and Spotify are imposing various levels of censorship. Each is a monopoly in its own sphere and is, in practice and effect, a utility and a powerful government.”

J “The First Amendment does not protect free speech directly but rather is a limitation on government interference with free speech. Governments such as Google, YouTube, Facebook, Apple and Spotify should not be allowed to interfere with free speech.”

J “Governments should interfere with and regulate monopolies. However that is impossible when the monopolies are the government or at least own and operate the government.”

. . .

K “Free speech for Alex Jones!”

J “Freedom for Julian Assange!”

. . .

[See the e-commentary at “Hero or Traitor? (June 10, 2013)”, “Third Annual ‘Cameo In Courage’ Award For 2018 (April 9, 2018)”, “Second Annual ‘Cameo In Courage’ Award For 2017 (March 6, 2017)”, “First Annual ‘Cameo In Courage’ Award For 2016 (May 9, 2016)”, “Award Deadlines (Livelines?) (July 25, 2016)”, “Profile In Cowardice Award (May 12, 2014)”, “Profile In Courage Award, 2015 (May 11, 2015)”, “Chelsea And Ed: Time For ‘Con’ ‘dign’ Treatment (November 30, 2015)” and “On Courage and Truth (March 17, 2008)”.]

Bumper stickers of the week:

Free speech for Alex Jones!

Freedom for Julian Assange!

(Unedited) petition circulating on the Internets; edit as appropriate or better yet use your own words and express your own concerns:

A Petition to the President of the United States: Pardon Julian Assange

Whereas Journalist Julian Assange and his media organization, Wikileaks, has in the respected tradition of American journalism obtained and published information that is classified and newsworthy, a practice shared with the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and others and

Whereas in the eleven years of its existence the authenticity and accuracy of materials published by Wikileaks has never been questioned or disputes and

Whereas the material regarding Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee published by Wikileaks served the national interest by exposing the corruption of the Clintons, the Clinton Foundation, the Clinton campaign and the Obama Justice Department and

Whereas assertion by the American Intelligence Services that Julian Assange is the agent of a “Hostile Foreign State” or the Russian government are politically suspect and completely unproven and denied by Assange and

Whereas Julian Assange has consistently denied that material obtained from the Democratic National Committee and published by Wikileaks came from the Russian State and has repeatedly offered to prove this for US authorities and

Whereas Assange, now in failing health, has been a veritable prisoner in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for six years, with the media now reporting Ecuador is preparing to hand Assange over to British authorities who will presumably extradite Assange to the United States for trial and

Whereas Julian Assange is an impeccably-honest, incredibly-brave, humanitarian journalist, who provides an invaluable platform for whistleblowers exposing corruption and criminality infesting governments, nullifying democracy and obliterating human rights, around the world and

Whereas there are absolutely no legitimate legal grounds to prosecute Assange and, as the U.S. DOJ admitted in 2013, that doing so would expose ALL U.S. journalistic and news outlets to similar criminal jeopardy.

Therefore Urge President Donald J. Trump to issue a full and unconditional pardon to the journalist Julian Assange in the interests of both justice and mercy.

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Third Annual “Cameo In Courage” Award For 2018 (April 9, 2018)

Posted in Amazon, Awards / Incentives, Cameo In Courage Award, Courage, Facebook, Google, O'Bama, On [Traits/Characteristics], Privacy, Profile In Courage Award, Technology on April 9, 2018 by e-commentary.org

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K “The envelope please. . . . This year, the ‘Cameo In Courage’ Award is awarded to . . . Chelsea Elizabeth Manning and Julian Paul Assange. Courage is rare. It must be celebrated. It is one of the “rare-earths” within the human heart and is very rare on this Earth.”

. . .

And a tip of the hat to the great nation and good people of Ecuador that provide a home and a haven for Mr. Assange.

And a partial tip of the lid to former President O’Bama for commuting all but four months of Ms. Manning’s sentence. A presidential commutation reduces the sentence being served but does not change the fact of conviction. A presidential pardon would have forgiven the criminal offenses. But at core O’Bama lacked the fortitude and courage to pardon Ms. Manning and Mr. Snowden and Mr. Assange. He could have just done it.

[Please send nominations for the “Cameo In Courage” Award for 2019 and a supporting letter by January 25, 2019 to e-ssay@gci.net and send the entry fee to your favorite charity.]

[See the e-commentary at “Hero or Traitor? (June 10, 2013)”, “Second Annual ‘Cameo In Courage’ Award For 2017 (March 6, 2017)”, “First Annual ‘Cameo In Courage’ Award For 2016 (May 9, 2016)”, “Award Deadlines (Livelines?) (July 25, 2016)”, “Profile In Cowardice Award (May 12, 2014)”, “Profile In Courage Award, 2015 (May 11, 2015)”, “Chelsea And Ed: Time For “Con” “dign” Treatment (November 30, 2015)” and “On Courage and Truth (March 17, 2008)”.]

Bumper stickers of the week:

“In a dozen plus years and without a debate or a vote, technology has deprived us of privacy. With little debate and many hasty votes, Congress has deprived us of privacy at every opportunity. We as a society should create a rebuttable presumption in favor of privacy even if it appears to sacrifice security. Our personal insecurities are actually creating greater national insecurity.” See “Hero or Traitor? (June 10, 2013)”.

Boycott Facebook. See “Boycott Facebook (August 2, 2010)”. And Google. And Amazon.

Love is elusive and transitory; the Internet is forever.

The Internet never forgets.

What’s said on the Internet stays on the Internet.

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“Net Neutrality” Now. Oh, And Happy Thanksgiving! (November 20, 2017)

Posted in Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Net Neutrality, Technology on November 20, 2017 by e-commentary.org

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K “The proposed elimination of the regulations that provide some measure of protection for net neutrality was slated to be foisted on the folks just before Thanksgiving.”

J “They are getting a jump on sneakiness this holiday season. They usually sneak such things by the people just before Christmas.”

. . .

K “Maintaining net neutrality is critical and pivotal. Someone defined net neutrality as the principle that Internet service providers and governments regulating the Internet should treat all data on the Internet the same. They should not discriminate or charge differentially by user, content, website, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication.”

J “Sounds like the Equal Protection Clause of the Internet.”

K “Or the Due Process Clause of the Internet.”

. . .

K “The folks at Battle For the Net and Fight For the Future are battling and fighting for us.”

J “I dropped a dime on my Congresspeople and demanded that they protect true net neutrality.”

. . .

K “Some stores are already foisting their Groundhog Day stuff on us.”

J “I’ve seen that before.”

. . .

[See “The Upside of Being Ruled by the Five Tech Giants” in “The New York Times” by Farhad Manjoo dated November 1, 2017.]

[See the e-commentary under the Category “Technology”.]

Bumper sticker of the week:

Net Neutrality Now

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Are “Prices” A Language? Are Antitrust Laws Grounded In The First Amendment? How Do We Forestall The “Frightful Five” And Other Monopolies? Oh, And Happy Halloween! (October 30, 2017)

Posted in Amazon, Apple, Constitution, Economics, Facebook, First Amendment, Google, Internet, Language, Microsoft, Monopoly, Price, Radio, Technology on October 30, 2017 by e-commentary.org

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K “Prices for goods and services are a language spoken with numbers (7) not letters (L).”

J “I love language. French is the language of love and the language of diplomacy. Accounting is the language of business. So Prices are the language of a free market economy?”

K “Yes. Russian is one of the languages of literature.”

J “So is French.”

K “And English.”

. . .

K “Monopolies distort Prices which distorts speech. By distorting Prices, the public is making inaccurate and incomplete decisions and paying more for goods and services while the corporations are not internalizing externalities.”

J “Price may just be the real Esperanto.”

. . .

J “The current monopolies are in part the consequence of acts of commission and even more often acts of omission by the government.”

K “The problem with my analysis is that the First Amendment is a restriction on government activity not a requirement for government action.”

J “So the Constitution is unavailing. We are stuck with Congress, the executive agencies and the courts to protect us.”

K “They do not speak our language.”

. . .

[See the interview by Terry Gross with the tech columnist Farhad Manjoo with “The New York Times” who cautions that the “Frightful Five” (Amazon, Google/Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook) are more powerful than the governments on the “Fresh Air” radio program titled “How 5 Tech Giants Have Become More Like Governments Than Companies” on October 26, 2017.]

Bumper stickers of the week:

Spanish is the language a man uses to talk to his God;

French is the language a man uses to talk to his wife;

Italian is the language a man uses to talk to his mistress;

German is the language a man uses to talk to his mule.

And English is the language a man uses to fly a plane or to surf the web or to engage in international discourse. You create it, you talk it.

And Price is the language a man and a woman use to value and exchange resources.

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Should You “Friend” The Tech Beasts And Behemoths? (October 23, 2017)

Posted in Amazon, Apple, Cyberactivities, Facebook, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Technology on October 23, 2017 by e-commentary.org

. . .

J “They don’t befriend me.”

K “They don’t be a friend of me either.”

. . .

J “In a land where nothing matters and anything goes and no one cares and no one knows, it is not a surprise that the technological monsters are devouring the populace with little comment or resistance by the people.”

. . .

[See “Tech Giants, Once Seen as Saviors, Are Now Viewed as Threats” in “The New York Times” by David Streitfeld dated October 12, 2017 and “Silicon Valley Is Not Your Friend” in the “Sunday Review” of “The New York Times” by Noam Cohen dated October 13, 2017.]

[October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). See “High-Frequency Trading = Cybercrime (June 8, 2015).” The high frequency traders are committing cybercrimes every day. Consult with them on how to commit and to combat cybercrime.]

“Boycott Facebook (August 2, 2010)”

“Less Government Regulation Series: Google (November 30, 2009)”

“‘Legs Network’ Is Big Brother (October 27, 2014)”

“Net Neutrality (April 20, 2015)”

“The Great Google Wall (June 27, 2016)”

“Restraining Google/Alphabet And Damming Amazon (July 17, 2017)”

“Excellence In Journalism? Time For A True Trophy (September 24, 2012)”

“Brave 1984 Farm: The Best Of All Possible Worlds (March 19, 2012)”

“A ‘Journalist’ Declares War On Journalists . . . And Journalism (November 28, 2016)”

Bumper stickers of the week:

Big Brothers abound

“Legs Network” is Big Brother

Facebook is Big Brother

Google is Big Brother

Twitter is Big Brother

Amazon is Big Brother

ebay is Big Brother

Zillow is Big Brother

_____ is Big Brother

Little Brothers are bound

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Restraining Google/Alphabet And Damming Amazon (July 17, 2017)

Posted in Amazon, Antitrust, Google, Monopoly, Technology on July 17, 2017 by e-commentary.org

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K “Google/Alphabet is restraining trade and needs to be restrained. Google is the behemoth gatekeeper restricting, controlling and directing entry to the Market.”

J “Hard to dispute the observation that there has never been a time in American history when as many industries are dominated by one company in the industry. In most industries, the player is the industry.”

K “The NASDAQ is a menagerie of monopolies.”

. . .

K “Google is buying professors. Medical professors are subject to ethical constraints. Law professors, like the students they teach and the law they profess, are amoral and available to the highest bidder. Google is the highest bidder. Amazon cannot be far behind.”

J “So there may be some competition to buy law professors. They also buy legislators and legislatures and may get a volume discount.”

. . .

K “The compelling need to regulate Google/Alphabet is as simple as A, B, C.”

J “As simple as it is impossible. The regulatory agencies are as captive as the law professors and propagandists.”

K “America will not respond or regulate. America is the current failing Empire of the century on the planet. The former European Empires need to step up and do it.”

J “The Kleptocracy in America will not stand for it.”

K “I may need to revise the ‘Manual For A Constitutional And Sustainable Post-Empire America’ in the next few weeks.”

J “The former Republic could use a self-help book.”

. . .

J “Rumors suggest that Amazon may consume Whole Foods.”

. . .

K “When only Google and Amazon are left, which one will kill and devour the other?”

J “God-zilla will ravage and ingest King Kong.”

K “And which one is God-zilla again?”

. . .

[See “Google Fined Record $2.7 Billion in E.U. Antitrust Ruling” in “The New York Times” by Mark Scott dated June 27, 2017 and “Is It Time to Break Up Google?” in “The New York Times” by Jonathan Taplin dated April 22, 2017.]

[The Campaign for Accountability released a report on July 11, 2017 titled Google Academics Inc. detailing Google’s extensive acquisition and appropriation of law professors and policy propagandists in America and abroad.]

[See the e-commentary at “Less Government Regulation Series: Google (November 30, 2009)”, “The Great Google Wall (June 27, 2016)” and the e-commentary under the Category “Google” and “Amazon.”]

Bumper sticker of the week:

Do The Right Thing: Break Up Google And Amazon

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