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more on with editorial comment djf Google refuses to speak with news organization after critical story... for one year [fs]
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 18:47:18 -0400
Google seems insensitive to the fact that they are loosing the respect of much of the community. I and others , have suggested that they create a Privacy Board of external independant people who can help steer Google in better directions then it seems to be doing. So far NOTHING!!
Dave Begin forwarded message: From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu> Date: August 7, 2005 6:20:16 PM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: Re: [IP] Google refuses to speak with news organization after critical story... for one year [fs]
Will all due respect, the furor about Google, Eric Schmidt, and CNET misses the point. Yes, CNET learned some information about Schmidt. I dare say that much the same information could have been garnered via MSN Search or Yahoo or any of a number of other search engines. The real issue -- and this is, in fact, the real point of the CNET article -- is how much data Google collects and retains about people, data that's tied to personally-identifiable information for people who register for things like gmail. Is CNET being targeted because they published data on Schmidt, or because they said the emperor -- emperors, really; they note that A9, MSN, Yahoo, etc., have similar issues -- have no clothes. --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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