<story><title>Project Fi Is Now Google Fi</title><url>https://fi.google.com/about/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_underflow_</author><text>Anyone looked into potential privacy implications?
I understand my current carrier can potentially deduce things about my habits in the unlikely event that they were so inclined, but Alphabet et al seem to make a not insignificant portion of their profit from data gathering - that is, they don&amp;#x27;t need to be interesting in me particularly to sell data about me to those that are (whether for benign ad targeting or something more nefarious)&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t mean to seem paranoid, but with the current hype around Google&amp;#x27;s tumultuous relationship with &amp;quot;Don&amp;#x27;t be evil&amp;quot;, I&amp;#x27;m not sure I want them having &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; data on me too.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>criddell</author><text>What carrier can you trust? All of them are also in the ad business. IIRC, it&amp;#x27;s why Verizon bought Yahoo last year.&lt;p&gt;I think I trust Google more than any of traditional telecom carriers.</text></comment>
<story><title>Project Fi Is Now Google Fi</title><url>https://fi.google.com/about/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_underflow_</author><text>Anyone looked into potential privacy implications?
I understand my current carrier can potentially deduce things about my habits in the unlikely event that they were so inclined, but Alphabet et al seem to make a not insignificant portion of their profit from data gathering - that is, they don&amp;#x27;t need to be interesting in me particularly to sell data about me to those that are (whether for benign ad targeting or something more nefarious)&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t mean to seem paranoid, but with the current hype around Google&amp;#x27;s tumultuous relationship with &amp;quot;Don&amp;#x27;t be evil&amp;quot;, I&amp;#x27;m not sure I want them having &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; data on me too.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jchw</author><text>There is a support document with information about some of the privacy and data collection.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.google.com&amp;#x2F;fi&amp;#x2F;answer&amp;#x2F;6181037&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.google.com&amp;#x2F;fi&amp;#x2F;answer&amp;#x2F;6181037&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>