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The data still goes to google. While the expectation would be that the data is only used by homebrew, there's no actual way of knowing that google isn't gratefu
by opk 10y ago
The data still goes to google. While the expectation would be that the data is only used by homebrew, there's no actual way of knowing that google isn't gratefully helping itself. And given the entire way Google's business works, they probably are.
- pbiggar 10y agoGiven the number of people who work for Google, and Google's internal culture of openness, I find it extremely unlikely that Google is violating its customers' privacy. That would almost certainly get whistleblown.
- wingless 10y agoLike how the PRISM program got whistleblown by Googlers? Oh wait, that never happened.
- rocqua 10y agoThreat of jail / treason conviction is a lot stronger than the threat of being fired by google. I can totally see someone caving for the one and not the other.
- kyrra 10y agoGoogle never cooperated with PRISM. As soon as news came out that the NSA was tapping Google's intra-datacenter dedicated lines, Google announced they would accelerate encrypting all that traffic. https://www.google.com/amp/arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/11/googlers-say-f-you-to-nsa-company-encrypts-internal-network/%3Famp%3D1?client=safari https://www.google.com/amp/arstechnica.com/information-techn...
- hueving 10y ago>and Google's internal culture of openness Does not exist like you think when it comes to projects. People are very secretive about lots of projects for all kinds of internal political reasons. Using data they technically have the right to use in a somewhat scummy way is a perfect example of a project that would be kept out of the spotlight.
- Oletros 10y agoDo you have any source that can back your suspicion that Google breaks their own policies for Analytics?