A common view in these discussions is that people are happy for Google to collect data about them, and other users, because they have an excellent track record

A common view in these discussions is that people are happy for Google to collect data about them, and other users, because they have an excellent track record in security. You can't have privacy without security, but security by itself does not equal privacy. The best security in the world doesn't mean that you have privacy if everything you do online is tracked. And no company arguably tracks you more than Google. The volume of tracking data they collect about users is mind-bogglingly gargantuan in scale. It's baffling how Google escapes scrutiny on their data collection practices, particularly from the tech community who seem happy to give Google a free pass on matters of privacy and online tracking.