> We, as technologists, certainly knew and understood the dangers of companies like Facebook and Google from early on. Certainly, Eric Brewer and friends [1] u

> We, as technologists, certainly knew and understood the dangers of companies like Facebook and Google from early on. Certainly, Eric Brewer and friends [1] understood these issues and were concerned in 1997. Today, Dr. Brewer is a "vice president of infrastructure" at Google. Is it money? I'm not sure. We're all human and have our weaknesses. Noting that Brewer was in near tears discussing Inktomi I would guess success and ambition are also driving factors. [1]: https://www.cypherpunks.ca/~iang/pubs/privacy-compcon97.pdf https://www.cypherpunks.ca/~iang/pubs/privacy-compcon97.pdf [2]: https://www.cypherpunks.ca/~iang/pubs/pet3.pdf https://www.cypherpunks.ca/~iang/pubs/pet3.pdf