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Google Privacy (was Re: news from Google)


From: Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:51:53 -0800

Richard Bennett wrote:
> Microsoft just wants your cash, but Google wants your personal
> information so they can sell it over and over again. The entire Google
> business model is at odds with notions of personal privacy, so it's not
> even a question of the occasional excess on their part. Schmidt did what
> Michael Kinsey calls a gaffe: when a politician accidentally tells the
> truth.
>

Completely agree. I have always tried to tell people as much with Google, and they'd just point to the privacy policy, but now there's a juicy quote from the top of the food chain to counter with. Policy can (and will) change.

~Seth


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