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Isn't that a bit of a jump, and specifically called out in the quartz article as not true? "Did the CIA directly fund the work of Brin and Page, and therefore
by praneshp 8y ago
Isn't that a bit of a jump, and specifically called out in the quartz article as not true?
"Did the CIA directly fund the work of Brin and Page, and therefore create Google? No."
- nitrogen 8y agoYou should probably quote the article title too: "Google’s true origin partly lies in CIA and NSA research grants for mass surveillance" The gist I got from skimming it is that the CIA didn't "directly" fund them because that's handled by a differwnt group acting in their interest.
- praneshp 8y agoaka Google was _not_ founded by the CIA