The private
lives of young people are now so well documented on the internet that many will have to change their names on
reaching adulthood, Google’s CEO has claimed.
The 55-year-old also predicted that in the
future, Google will know so much about its users that the search engine will be able to help them plan their
lives.
Using profiles of it customers and tracking their locations through their smart
phones, it will be able to provide live updates on their surroundings and inform them of tasks they need to do.
"We're trying to figure out what the future of search is," Mr Schmidt said. “One idea is
that more and more searches are done on your behalf without you needing to type.
"I actually think
most people don't want Google to answer their questions. They want Google to tell them what they should be doing
next."
He suggested, as an example, that because Google would know “roughly who you are, roughly
what you care about, roughly who your friends are”, it could remind users what groceries they needed to buy
when passing a shop.
Emphasis
mine.
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