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Why Google is the Biggest Threat to Americans' Privacy
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:08:43 -0700
________________________________________ From: Scott Cleland [scleland () precursor com] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 9:48 AM To: David Farber Subject: Why Google is the Biggest Threat to Americans' Privacy Why Google's the single biggest threat to Americans' privacy today. Case Study: How Google Systematically Threatens Americans' Privacy: 1. Google's radical "publicacy" mission is antithetical to privacy. 2. Privacy is not a priority in Google's culture. 3. Google gives privacy "lip service." 4. Google threatens the privacy of more people than most any other entity. 5. Google collects/stores the most potential "blackmail-able" information. 6. Google's track record does not inspire trust. Information is power. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Google's market power over private information is corrupting Google, just like former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was corrupted by his power and mastery of personally-sensitive information. Google's unprecedented arbitrage of privacy law combined with its exceptional lack of accountability is fast creating this era's privacy-invading, unaccountable equivalent: "J. Edgar Google." http://www.precursorblog.com/content/why-google-biggest-threat-americans -privacy-the-detailed-case-my-house-testimony ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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