Google builds amazing security technology, but also amasses huge amounts of information which wouldn't otherwise be centralized and retained. That's a lot bett

Google builds amazing security technology, but also amasses huge amounts of information which wouldn't otherwise be centralized and retained. That's a lot better than people who only amass lots of data but don't build decent tech, and worse than people who just build awesome tools. I'd still put Google as a strong net positive, including the performance multiplier the Google tools give everyone. Even Facebook, which builds none of those good tools, and is essentially just a huge data repository, is kind of a net positive in that it brings people together to communicate. (that's a bit more debatable)