Google sent a letter to the Attorney General and FBI this morning: Dear Attorney General Holder and Director Mueller Google has worked tremendously hard over the past fifteen years to earn our users’ trust. For example, we offer encryption across our services; we have hired some of the best security engineers in the world; and…
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Tech Companies Tread Lightly in Statements on U.S. Spying
One of the many issues in the wake of NSA disclosures last week is whether large companies have been lying to consumers about the extent to which they protect our privacy. Andrew Ross Sorkin reports on that in the NY Times: “They are in a very difficult position,” said Thomas A. Sporkin, a former S.E.C….
Sniffing or Spying: Court Takes Up Google Street View Suit
At first I thought this was an old news story showing up in my news reader, but it’s not. Scott Graham reports: The Federal Communications Commission couldn’t do it. Thirty-eight state attorneys general couldn’t do it. On Monday, Elizabeth Cabraser will go before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, personally seeking what…
Google bans this, Google bans that….
Well, Google certainly knows how to get publicity. Here are two stories generating a buzz this week: Google ‘bans’ facial recognition on Google Glass – but developers persist Google will not allow apps that implement facial recognition on its Google Glass product, the company says, citing privacy concerns, after an American company said it would…