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Up until now Google has been the one company that I have trusted with all my secrets. "They" pretty much know everything about me. The reason I trusted Google

Up until now Google has been the one company that I have trusted with all my secrets. "They" pretty much know everything about me. The reason I trusted Google with this is that they know their shit, technically speaking. And it wouldn't make economical sense to try to make money from e.g. blackmailing me using my darkest secrets. Where I have my doubts though, is in their neutrality of Search. What I have read the past week does not fill me with confidence that Google will be a politically neutral search engine e.g. 5 years from now. This is the real risk. Edit: A Google recruiter has been trying to recruit me for some position during all of this. The ball is currently in my court. I am not sure I want to return it. (And now I am paranoid about that recruiter having access to my Google search history, or perhaps more likely, some algorithmic summary of it.)

TheAdamAndChe 9y ago
To be honest, Google would go on without you, and outside of Google you would have no affect on its culture. If you want to ensure Google stays or becomes a good company, pretty much the only ways you can go about that are voting for politicians to control it and work inside of it.
cabalamat 9y ago
> What I have read the past week does not fill me with confidence that Google will be a politically neutral search engine e.g. 5 years from now. The Google Perspective API https://www.perspectiveapi.com/ https://www.perspectiveapi.com/ is already politically biased -- http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/08/10/googles-perspective-ai-deems-hate-criticism-against-muslims-more-toxic-than-against-christians/ http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/08/10/googles-perspective... So, yes I expect to see Google search to be biased within 5 years. Mostly in a left-leaning direction, although I doubt they will be left-leaning on the question of whether big corporations such as Google should pay their fair share of taxes.
cabalamat 9y ago
> I am not sure I want to return it. If you are white or Asian male, I wouldn't bother. Google don't like your sort. Sad but true.
- tpallarino 9y ago
  That is absolutely untrue.
  - cabalamat 9y ago
    It is not obvious to me that some sections of the community will not face discrimination, both in terms of recruitment and also in promotion once they have joined.
tpallarino 9y ago
Demand 400k :P

TheAdamAndChe 9y ago

To be honest, Google would go on without you, and outside of Google you would have no affect on its culture. If you want to ensure Google stays or becomes a good company, pretty much the only ways you can go about that are voting for politicians to control it and work inside of it.

cabalamat 9y ago

> What I have read the past week does not fill me with confidence that Google will be a politically neutral search engine e.g. 5 years from now. The Google Perspective API https://www.perspectiveapi.com/ https://www.perspectiveapi.com/ is already politically biased -- http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/08/10/googles-perspective-ai-deems-hate-criticism-against-muslims-more-toxic-than-against-christians/ http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/08/10/googles-perspective... So, yes I expect to see Google search to be biased within 5 years. Mostly in a left-leaning direction, although I doubt they will be left-leaning on the question of whether big corporations such as Google should pay their fair share of taxes.

cabalamat 9y ago

> I am not sure I want to return it. If you are white or Asian male, I wouldn't bother. Google don't like your sort. Sad but true.

tpallarino 9y ago
That is absolutely untrue.
- cabalamat 9y ago
  It is not obvious to me that some sections of the community will not face discrimination, both in terms of recruitment and also in promotion once they have joined.

tpallarino 9y ago

Demand 400k :P