Google Is Moving Into Your House... What It Does Next Is Anyone's Guess

Let's face it.

Google has gotten creepy.

Its search engine tracks where you go online. Google+ keeps tabs on your personal connections and preferences. And Google Now uses your cell phone to track your whereabouts.

But that's not enough.

The company wants in your home. It wants to know and understand your daily routine.

That's what Google Nest is about.

If you're not familiar, Google Nest is basically a thermostat that keeps tabs on your comings and goings. It monitors whether or not you're in your house, and then adjusts the temperature accordingly.

That may sound innocuous, and in a way it is.

But it could also be dangerous.

What, for example, would happen if a hacker got that information. They would know exactly when to rob your house.

Not to mention our own government.

If Edward Snowden's NSA leaks prove anything, it's that the government has zero respect for our privacy. They want to track us, monitor our behavior, and if necessary, shut us down like a wayward software progam that's not doing what it's supposed to.

Just like a criminal, government spies could monitor the home of a dissident or “suspect” and sneak into that person's home when they're not there.

This was one of Snowden's main points during his interview with Brian Williams.

“They'd be able to tell something called your 'pattern of life,'” he said. “When do you wake up, when do you go to sleep? What other phones are around you when you wake up or go to sleep? Are you with someone who's not your wife? Are you some place you shouldn't be – according to the government? Are you engaged in any kind of activities that we disapprove of, even if they aren't technically illegal?”

This is the information the government wants, and Google is collecting it.

And they're aiming to collect even more.

Google Nest is reportedly making a move into home security.

It's rumored that the company is eyeing Dropcam, which makes a $150 camera that streams video to a computer or phone.

So not only would Google know when you're home, but it would also have access to a live video feed.

The prospect of criminal or government intrusion aside.... Could you just imagine some low-level technical employee watching you in your own private home, flipping through surveillance feeds like a channel-surfing couch potato, looking for something salacious to watch?

That's the future we're looking at.

Fight on,

Jason Simpkins

@OCSimpkins on Twitter

Jason Simpkins is Assistant Managing Editor of the Outsider Club and Investment Director of The Wealth Warrior, a financial advisory focused on security companies and defense contractors. For more on Jason, check out his editor's page.

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