Has Google Grown a Conscience?

The Chinese are HUGE cyber-terrorists.  Recently they launched yet another attack on western entities that may have had the aim of identifying and compromising human rights activists.  Google is ‘concerned’ and may be rifling through its own server farms in search of a backbone.  Or not. No word on whether their new approach to China will involve a stern letter – or just an email with frowny emoticons.

(HT: Matt Mullenweg)

Time to De-Google?

Google Bot

Don't be evil - that's my job.

How much Google is too much?  Google CEO Eric Schmidt thinks we need more, and I suppose that’s not surprising, coming from the company cheese.  Schmidt isn’t overly concerned with allegations that the search giant is overstepping its bounds and pooh-poohs the notion that Google might be too intrusive.  After all,

“If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.”

Personal privacy?  You don’t need no steenkin’ privacy.  Copyrights?  A trivial matter!  Even the far Lefty SFGate is beginning to recognize the ominous presence that lurks in its own back yard. [Read more...]