Decius wrote: ] StankDawg wrote: ] ] I posted about this on slashdot recently: ] ] http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=146731&cid=12292095 ] ] The only thing I'd dispute is that this occured around the ] time of the IPO. This has been a problem all along. Google's ] management simply does not understand that the kind of data ] retention they are doing fits under the "evil" category. ] ] It doesn't matter that other people retain data like that too. ] In fact, MemeStreams retains all of its logs. Whats important ] is that the role that Google plays on the Internet puts them ] in a unique position to have an unusual amount of information ] about whats going on in people's heads. People are not careful ] about what they tell Google because they don't really ] understand that its all a permanent record. Google's privacy ] policy might resolve this for them legally, but it does not ] resolve it for real. It is a ticking timebomb and it will ] eventually explode. ] ] Now, I ask, what search engine doesn't keep all of that data? ] Who has GOOD policies? They're biding until they have enough to blackmail the whole world. RE: Big Google is watching you |