Google In-Home Indexing For Nexus One Phones

Well it’s about time. Seems that Google is taking their real world efforts to the next level. Apparently Google feels that their broadband efforts are not going far enough, thus feel that if home users are interested in receiving Google Broadband, it be worthwhile to have their users allow Google to “index” their homes.

I know, this sounds nuts. But if you think about it, what a convenience it would be to have a user’s home contents available online and accessible for insurance purposes! Sounds like a great idea, except for possible privacy headaches.

Should we be concerned over this Google Home Indexing trend? I think we should be, although at this point it seems to be completely voluntary. And this is a good thing. Do we really want Google in our homes like this? Well, that is something that is going to decided by each person out there. For myself and my family, Google is welcome to index my home’s contents so long as they remember to remove their shoes and bring cookies for the dogs. It’s all I ask.