>Google is probably one of the most careful companies when dealing with private data >private data Ah, the fabled "metadata is not data" defense. Sadly, given

>Google is probably one of the most careful companies when dealing with private data >private data Ah, the fabled "metadata is not data" defense. Sadly, given the scale and pervasiveness of Google, observing meta-data and cross-referencing your activity with others' activities is good enough to deduce most of the valuable information about you with reasonably good reliability. And this data, both by itself, and also aggregated with other users', is "good enough" for any privacy-busting use. tl;dr: you are the meta-product.