Google Privacy (was Re: news from Google)
Seth Mattinen
sethm at rollernet.us
Fri Dec 11 20:51:53 UTC 2009
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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