So I can handle unsubstantiated rumors that Google will be buying The Wall-Street Journal, or even NBC. But this is just preposterous:
Google has submitted a patent for psychological profiling of users. … by tracking their online behaviour, which could then be sold to advertisers.
See the full article for more. So not only will they be tracking what we think, but they’ll also be able to know what we see:
With Eyebox, brick-and-mortar advertisers can determine which billboards or products people are looking at in mall corridors or on store shelves, and count them in the same manner that Google counts clicks for online ads.
Here’s the full article.
I suppose I won’t be the first to say this, but does this remind anyone of Minority Report?