> Curious to get HN's take on this. I don't think there is consensus on HN regarding privacy issues. I'm with the author. I view Google as a mass surveillance

> Curious to get HN's take on this. I don't think there is consensus on HN regarding privacy issues. I'm with the author. I view Google as a mass surveillance operation that has grown so large and invasive that I no longer want anything to do with them. I avoid their services as much as I can, and try to minimize and isolate cases where I can't.