Can you prove that God exists? Otherwise it's just a fairy tale :) How would you prove that Google is not doing anything evil? You assume they're not, but that

Can you prove that God exists? Otherwise it's just a fairy tale :) How would you prove that Google is not doing anything evil? You assume they're not, but that's just as (in)valid as my assumption that they might be. You could argue that proof is needed either way. > Capacity to do something and trust are different things. Google has the capacity to "do something", and I don't really trust them. But I can't really "not use Google" either. The problem is that my chances of affecting what data Google has on me are very, very limited. They have their hands on most of what happens on the Internet. I can reduce my "footprint" for example by disabling referrer information from my browser, but coincidentally, GMail won't let me in anymore if I do that. Choosing "not to use Google" is difficult when every site I visit causes my browser to say hi to them. Of course, there are other reasons too. They're still the most efficient search engine, for example. You're right, my bank could be doing nasty things too, but switching banks would be easy. Assuming it would help, of course :p