Not only where are you now and what you are doing, but where were you 2 years ago precisely

不僅是你現在的位置和在做什麼事，精準來說，還有你兩年前的這個時候

at this time and what you were doing.

在哪裡和在做什麼事

The answer is probably no-one because even you don't remember what you were doing,

這個答案大概沒有人答得出來，因為甚至是你都不記得自己做過什麼

for example, 21st of October of 2016 at around 3 pm.

例如，2016 年 10 月 21 日下午 3 點左右

Unfortunately, someone knows.

可惜，有人知道

If you go to google maps timeline, you will find that out.

如果你去看 google 地圖的時間軸就可以知道

In fact, Google will tell you which pictures you took on that day and where exactly.

事實上，Google 會告訴你當天拍攝的照片及確切位置

How did you move from one place to another, were you walking, took a bus or you were driving.

你是怎麼從一個地方移動到另一個地方的，是走路、搭公車、或是開車

But that's not the only thing that Google knows.

但是 Google 知道更多事

If you go to my activity.

如果你去察看我的活動

Google will tell you everything you did on any particular day.

Google 知道你在特定的某天所做的每件事

Which websites you visited, which videos you have watched.

你去瀏覽哪個網站，你看過哪部影片

It even records your voice to recognize it better, It knows what news are you interested

甚至可以記錄你的聲音以提升識別度，知道你感興趣的新聞

in, which apps do you use, and much more.

使用哪個應用程式，還不只這樣

Google doesn't really hide that, but it also isn't putting that forward for us to see it.

Google 並沒有真的隱瞞這一點，但它也沒有讓我們看見

So I won't be surprised if most of you aren't aware of that.

所以說，如果你們大多都不知道這件事，我也不太意外

Most of you know that Google knows what you buy online.

你們大多都知道 Google 曉得你們在網路上買什麼

But the company took the extra mile to follow your offline purchases if you use google-pay.

但如果你使用 google-pay，公司會花更多心思來追蹤你的離線購買

Now the company can track your offline purchases and compare them to their online ads and figure

因為公司可以追蹤你的離線購買，並將其與線上廣告進行比較

out if their add has affected your decision to buy a particular product, or which adds

來確定他們的廣告是否會影響你購買特定產品的決定，或者

to present to you based on your offline purchases.

根據你的離線購買來決定呈現哪種廣告。

The problem is that, even if you don't use google chrome, youtube or Gmail, you are still

問題在於，即使你沒有使用 Google Chrome 或 Gmail，你仍會

under googles radar because you might be using an android.

在 googles 的掌控下，因為你可能有使用安卓

And to improve users experience, Google needs to analyze your behavior, so even when you

為了要提升使用者的體驗，Google 需要分析你的行為，甚至

are using third-party apps, you are still being followed.

在你使用第三方程式時，你仍會受到關注

You might not worried, because Google just tracks your actions.

你大概不用擔心，因為 Google 只是追蹤你的行為

It doesn't know, for example, what's on your mind or what exactly are you thinking about.

舉例來說，它不會知道你在想什麼，或是你確切在想的東西

Unfortunately, it's working hard to get there and its almost there.

不幸的是，它正努力做到這樣，而且就快了

You probably have realized that voice assistants are getting better and better (if you are

你大概注意到語音助理變得越來越好 (如果

an iPhone, you don't know what I am talking about, so just trust me on this one) and in

你使用 iPhone，你不會了解我現在說的，所以相信我就好了)

few years or so, we will probably rely on them more heavily.

大概過幾年之後，我們可能會更加依賴它們

Why would you pick up your phone and type when you can find that out by simply asking

當手機在口袋的時候，你可以直接問 Google 事情

Google while your phone is in your pocket.

那為什麼還要拿起手機打字

If voice assistants would become so good, why would you need a smartphone in the first place?

如果語音助理變得這麼厲害，那為何你一開始還需要智慧型手機？

Wouldn't it be smarter to have a screen in front of you all the time such as smart-glasses?

像是智慧眼鏡那樣，隨時有一個螢幕在你前面，這樣會不會更具智能？

Especially with the rise of virtual and augmented reality.

特別是虛擬實境和擴增實境的崛起之下

It will be more comfortable to turn your thoughts and imaginations into reality through smart-glasses.

透過智能眼鏡能將你的想法和想像更輕鬆地呈現在現實中

Of course, Google has already tried that out, and it didn't go well.

當然，Google 已經嘗試過了，但並不順利

However the technology today is far more superior than it was 7 years ago.

然而，現在這項科技比起 7 年前還更加優秀

I mean, Google's AI now can already make a call on behalf of you and act as a real secretary

我是說，Google 的人工智慧已經可以幫你打電話，像個真正的秘書

In the next couple of years these 3 technologies will only get better and better which means,

在未來幾年，這 3 項科技只會變得越來越好，這也代表

there will be a stronger reason to come up with something like smart-glasses, especially

有更好的理由來研發像智能眼鏡的科技，特別是

when smartphones are reaching their peak.

智慧型手機達到高峰的時候

And that's how Google will get into your mind.

這就是 Google 如何進入你的大腦

If now they can track what you search and watch online.

如果他們現在可以線上追蹤你的搜尋和觀看紀錄

Soon, they will have access to your thoughts and imagination.

不久後，就可以讀取你的思想和想像

Waymo is a self-driving technology that Google has been developing for years already.

Waymo 是 Google 早已研發好幾年的自動駕駛技術

And once the world starts shifting to self-driving cars, the traditional auto manufacturers will

一旦世界開始轉變成自駕車時代，傳統的汽車製造商

need advanced self-driving software and a voice assistant.

需要更先進的自駕軟體和語音助理

And Google is the perfect company to provide them with that exactly as it licenses Android

而 Google 是提供他們這些東西的最佳公司，因為他們授權 Android

to all smartphone manufacturers.

給所有智慧型手機製造商

There are multiple other technologies that Google has already developed or still working

還有很多科技是 Google 早就在研發，或是仍在進行的

on, to collect more data about you to predict your actions more accurately.

收集更多有關你的數據，以更準確預測你的行為

That's probably why Elon Musk is so worried about Google.

這可能也是為什麼 Elon Musk 這麼擔心 Google

In order to understand why Google is behaving in such a way, we have to look at the situation from Google's perspective.

要了解 Google 為何這樣做，我們必須以 Google 的角度來看待這情況

Google is a business whose purpose is to make money like any other business.

Google 是一間企業，其目的和其他公司一樣，就是賺錢

So, When the internet was invented, tech companies emerged, and for them to survive, they had

因此，開始發明網路後，科技公司也浮出水面，為了要生存，他們必須

to come up with a way to make money, but we as consumers, weren't willing to pay for

想辦法來賺錢，但我們作為顧客，不會為了他們的服務花錢

their services, so they had to come up with another business model.

因此他們就必須想出其他的商業模式

They would let us use their services for free in exchange for our data that they would later

以我們的資料作為交換，Google 會讓我們免費使用他們的服務

use to create targeted ads.

好讓他們日後創造定位廣告

In other words, you are not the customer even if you feel like you are, you are the product

換句話說，即使你覺得自己是顧客，但其實根本不是，你是 Google

that Google is selling to advertisers.

賣給廣告商的產品

Just ask yourself, are you ready to pay to use Google, Gmail, youtube, google assistant,

問問你自己，你會付錢使用 Google、Gmail、youtube、google 助理

google maps and everything else that Google provides for free.

google 地圖，還有其他 Google 免費的產品嗎

If the answer is no, then we can't really blame Google for anything.

如果答案是不會，那我們就不能追究 Google 任何事

This video was meant to scare you but rather help you to understand how tech companies

這部影片本來是想嚇嚇你，但其實是幫助你了解科技公司如何運作

work, what are they trying to do and where are we headed to.

還有他們在做的事，以及我們未來的方向

Whether you think that's good or bad, I will leave that for you to decide, you can

不論你認為是好是壞，我會留給你們做決定，你們可以

let me know in the comments below.

在下面留言區讓我知道

Anyways, hit that like button and subscribe if you have enjoyed this video.

一樣，如果你喜歡這部影片，按下喜歡並訂閱

And if you want to support us to make more similar videos, then you can do that through our patron page.

如果你想支持我們多出類似的影片，可以利用贊助頁面來達成

Thanks for watching and I will see you in the next one.

感謝觀看，我們下次見