Will the Google Phone index your voice calls?

Yes, I know we’ve been talking about Google for the past few weeks but I did have a horrible thought cross my mind a couple of days back and thought I’d share with you.

Now unless you have been living under a rock, you must have heard of Google’s supposed phone called Nexus One. It was our product of the week last week and even though the phone has been manufactured by HTC, signs point to Google selling the phone directly as it has been designed according to the specs set by Google.

Everybody is quite excited about this upcoming phone- it certainly hits all the right spots from a tech point of view. What makes me scared about is the fact that it is coming from Google. The same company who’s CEO was quoted saying “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.”

That comment, as I explained last week, tries to justify Google retaining any data they have indexed and turn it over to authorities if need be. Now imagine if this technology extends into your mobile phone indexing every word of every conversation you have.

I’ll leave you with that thought for this week.