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Well as Eric Schmidt said, “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place." ;) http://blogs.wsj.c
by mikebracco 14y ago
Well as Eric Schmidt said, “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place." ;)
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/01/21/top-10-the-quotable-eric-schmidt/ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/01/21/top-10-the-quotable-e...
- jopt 14y agoI hope the smiley is sarcastic?
- PakG1 14y agoWith the exception of "stealth" startups? ;)
- houk 14y agoBullshit. That quote is based on the (false) premise that privacy is there to conceal illegal/shady activities. It puts you in one of two groups; You're either guilty of something and have a reason to hide it, or you're not guilty and have no reason to hide anything. It doesn't include the possibility that you might not be guilty of something but may still want to keep something hidden. I'll give you an example. You might NOT want to give your phone number when you register on some social website because you don't want that data used for marketting purposes.
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- tallanvor 14y agoYes, Schmidt showed a complete lack of understanding of why anonymity is still often a necessity online. Do we really need to keep going over the examples that clearly show he is wrong?
- samstave 14y agoI am not sure I follow your logic here... Either you are being sarcastic, or idiotic. Please tel me which one.
- mikebracco 14y agoI was being sarcastic here.
- samstave 14y agoAh, I think I missed the ;) last night! Thanks
- dt7 14y agoI got the impression that by doing "it" he meant searching Google for it, not actually doing it. I think most people realise that Google works by tracking what you search for, so it makes sense that if you want something to remain unknown, you shouldn't search Google for it.
- mikebracco 14y agoI was being sarcastic people.