I personally am an optimist so we will look at that aspect first. A few of the many features on offer are, voice mail transcription, one number, cheaper international calls, and sms to email. All these could be of enormous benefit to users. Additionally with the financial potential and technical know how at Google the service is likely to be way better than any competitors.

The one number feature could be of great benefit to every person that has to stay in constant contact. Likewise voice mail transcription will give you a permanently stored hard copy of all voice mail messages. Like millions I opened a Gmail service shortly after launch and can still find any email from then. I still have yet to make any impact in the massive storage allocated to my mailbox. In all probability your voice mails will likewise be there years into the future.

Ending the list of Google Voice pros, other useful service on offer are free sms to email and vice versa. You can pay a visit to Google/voice for more detailed features.

The downside of the new service.

This brings us to what I see as Google Voice cons. Do we really know what Google really does with the massive amount of data it has on every individual utilizing their services? From your searching habits to all your emails, permanently stored and backed up all over the planet. Now with their innovative voice service they can add information on every call you have ever had and dialed on your new Google number. One thing Google is not short of beside cash and online clout is data storage space.

As far as I know Google has by no means done anything untoward with this data but the point is it is there. Governments all over the world would love to have accessibility to this information all under the guise of anti-terrorism measures. This might sound a bit alarmist but the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 bill tabled in the American Senate would give the president and his home security agencies the power to shut down the internet or police it if a vaguely worded national cyber emergency was announced.

And as we all know were America goes most of the Western world soon follows. In one possible future if a similar bill was soon tabled in the European Union and elsewhere. Will you be so keen to have all this information freely available to shady government agencies?

Many people might be under the illusion that they have control over their accounts and could just delete any information that may compromise them. But anyone that knows the workings of computer systems would know that is not true. If for example some shady agency was watching your mailbox, recently deleted mails would be the first thing they would recover.

Google web Dominance?

I don't think anyone can argue with the fact that Google Voice delivers the company closer to complete and irreversible control of the internet. Even so being an optimist and interested in new technology I praise Google's new venture. And will likely be first in line if and when it is released worldwide. At the same time I will be keenly aware that I will be noticeably adding to my electronic fingerprint.

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