Google’s Sergey Brin lies like a Republican

Brin says that Facebook and Apple are a threat to Internet freedom. Yeah, right. Read what James Whittaker, former Engineering Director at Google, says:

The Google I was passionate about was a technology company that empowered its employees to innovate. The Google I left was an advertising company with a single corporate-mandated focus.

Brin’s BS: Google’s Sergey Brin: Facebook and Apple a threat to Internet freedom | Internet & Media – CNET News.

Whitaker’s blog, which I found thanks to Kottke.org.

Google and Privacy

Aside

MrMild says: “I would NOT use Gmail for anything confidential. I dislike the idea of ads being targeted based on the words in my email. Bad enough that the NSA is reading them all. At least they don’t put ads into my email.”

We’re boned: Google bypassed Apple Safari privacy

“Google and others companies has been bypassing Safari security measures and tracking users of Apple’s Web browser on their iPhones, iPads, and computers without their knowledge, a report by the Wall Street Journal shows.

“The Wall Street Journal report shows the search engine giant and several advertising companies had inserted a special code that tricked Safari, which is designed to block tracking cookies, into letting them follow the online behavior of its users.

“After the Wall Street Journal contacted Google, the company disabled its code.”

MrMild says there’s no more privacy anyway.

I found the report here: Google privacy Apple Safari: Google bypassed Apple Safari privacy – OrlandoSentinel.com.