This article is entirely about security and Google's attempts to make sure user data never leaks outside the company. While you can't have privacy without secu

This article is entirely about security and Google's attempts to make sure user data never leaks outside the company. While you can't have privacy without security, security by itself does not equal privacy. Not once does this article talk about how Google tracks and records user behaviour on an industrial scale. When you create a Google account, you're asked to provide your name, your gender, your date of birth, your location and your mobile phone number. Some of your most personal and private details, all of which will now be tied to your online behaviour. That data capture starts right from school, where millions of students use a cloud-based OS called ChromeOS that records everything they do. It's quite horrible that this is happening - the kids don't even get a say, it's the adults who've decided this. The G Suite for Education Privacy Notice [1] clearly states that Google collects device information, unique device identifiers, mobile network information (including phone number of the user). Also logged are IP addresses, location information, and app usage using unique application numbers. Even if this information is detached from individual accounts and aggregated, it equals a phenomenal amount of data captured by Google on millions of students in the US. And we've seen from Spotify and Netflix how even aggregated data can reveal very private and personal user behaviour. It's baffling how little scrutiny the company faces, least of all from the tech community who, more often than not, rush to it's defence. [1] https://gsuite.google.com/terms/education_privacy.html https://gsuite.google.com/terms/education_privacy.html