Google Privacy Conerns

Associated press story.

[willybfriendly]

Although many Internet users eagerly await each new technology from Google Inc., its rapid expansion is also prompting concerns that the company may know too much: what you read, where you surf and travel, whom you write.

[forbes.com...]

Some have worried about this for a while now. First time I have seen it in the mainstream press.

Rather, some privacy advocates worry about the potential: The data's very existence - conveniently all under a single digital roof - makes Google a prime target for abuse by overzealous law enforcers and criminals alike.

WBF

[Clint]

Google automatically keeps records of what search terms people use and when, attaching the information to a user's numeric Internet address and a unique ID number stored in a Web browser "cookie" file that Google uploads to computers unless users reconfigure their browsers to reject them.

I've known that for a long time now and that's another reason to put them in the "restricted sites" zone and block Cookies from them. That's a scary article.

[walkman]

Google is playing with fire. One tiny breach, or talk about it and they're screwed royally. Lots of paranoia (rightfully so IMO) with identity theft and privacy these days.

[dmorison]

Gotta be a business opportunity for a zero logging search engine.

Matt?