I know, no big surprise right? We all knew Google was evil deep down, at least a little bit. According to The Register, Google is planning on using "spy" software to catalog and categorize the background sounds heard while you're using your microphone on their VoIP/chat client, then serving you ads based on what they hear. I suppose if Google hears sheep in the background, they will show you hay and alfalfa ads, or kids in the background, they will show you ads for Barney videos and Cheerios. Obviously, there are many privacy issues here to be addressed, and I don't feel good about Google knowing every little thing that goes on in my house, just because I like my privacy and anonymity. Google would become big brother's best friend in a heartbeat. Imagine I have a romantic evening planned and forget to turn the microphone off, will Google sell me wine and chocolates the next day? I am morbidly interested in Google's strange fascination with sucking every last drop of usable information out of us, but not really interested in this kind of software that invades my privacy. I will give up a small degree of privacy online in text only, but recording my sounds? That seems too personal. What's next, reading my thoughts through some highly advanced retinal scan? Google wishes.