> Given Google is already doing that (collecting anonymized data), wouldn't it be overall better if it also puts that to some good use? Given Google is alread

> Given Google is already doing that (collecting anonymized data), wouldn't it be overall better if it also puts that to some good use? Given Google is already doing surreptitious stuff and is generally anti-privacy, it ought to look at stop doing those first. Stealing from people and doing "good" with that is not an excuse for stealing, especially when most of the victims are common folk (even if one follows a Robin Hood principle). Also, I didn't get the part about Google "collecting anonymized data". Google collects precise, personally identifiable data because that's what pays the bills for its chosen business model (similar to Facebook, which is far worse). Anonymization may happen down the line for certain purposes and anonymized data may be all that Google is able to get from certain sources.