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Re: [PLUG] OT: Why bashing Google?...
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Fred Stluka wrote:
> 1. What has Google done to violate your trust?
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> 2. What are you concerned that Google may do in the future?
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> 3. Is Google better/worse than most companies in these regards?
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I don't think there's anything specific that I could point to that would
answer those questions. They never released search histories like AOL,
or carelessly lost credit card info like Target. The worst I've seen
them accused of is being complicit in Chinese censorship, and I don't
really think they have all that much ability to change the policy of a
foreign government. But I still understand why some people are
uncomfortable with Google. The amount of personal information they
collect is just staggering, and there's a lot of potential for it to be
misused. There's no evidence that they have actually done so, but
things like their AdWords in gmail give people the heebie-jeebies, even
if their personal information is kept completely safe and private.
I personally think Google does a lot of neat stuff, but I'm wary in what
personal info I share with them, and I made sure I understood their
privacy policies. I haven't seen anything that really scares me while
reading them but people have different comfort levels. A paranoid
corporation, for example, might have good reason to avoid their
appliance, perhaps to protect trade secrets, contract details, or some
other form of highly confidential data that needs protection beyond an
individual's profile data.
--Gordon
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