My point was perhaps lost in the pursuit of brevity. It's not that the ethical people could stop Google from doing bad things. It's that there's bound to be p

My point was perhaps lost in the pursuit of brevity. It's not that the ethical people could stop Google from doing bad things. It's that there's bound to be people outspoken in the event that Google is secretly spying on you. It's the kind of thing you'd see a leak making it to the front page of New York Times. Like, Google monitors what you do. A lot. However they also are pretty clear about how they spy on you. There are cases where they misstep (like the recent tracking settlement where they're forced to be more clear about location tracking), but a secret conspiracy to record everything you do with your devices would take a large team and serious resources.