Comments on: Google cannot be trusted with confidential information http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-cannot-be-trusted-with-confidential-information/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:07:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Google to store your data encrypted? » at Tom Raftery’s I.T. views http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-cannot-be-trusted-with-confidential-information/#comment-5966 Google to store your data encrypted? » at Tom Raftery’s I.T. views Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:43:17 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-cannot-be-trusted-with-confidential-information/#comment-5966 [...] Help on Subscribing « Google cannot be trusted with confidential information [...] [...] Help on Subscribing « Google cannot be trusted with confidential information [...]

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-cannot-be-trusted-with-confidential-information/#comment-5962 Tom Raftery Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:42:33 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-cannot-be-trusted-with-confidential-information/#comment-5962 <blockquote>but overall, so far, they have only done good</blockquote> The people of China, to whom Google are serving censored results, might well disagree with you on that Phil. In the case of China they had a choice 1) Do no Evil or 2) Move into a market with vast potential for profit and do some evil - I don't need to tell you that they chose the profitable option. In any case the point I was trying to make in the post was that they were careless (as opposed to evil in this case) with their own confidential data and thus shouldn't be trusted with anyone's private data!

but overall, so far, they have only done good

The people of China, to whom Google are serving censored results, might well disagree with you on that Phil.

In the case of China they had a choice 1) Do no Evil or 2) Move into a market with vast potential for profit and do some evil - I don’t need to tell you that they chose the profitable option.

In any case the point I was trying to make in the post was that they were careless (as opposed to evil in this case) with their own confidential data and thus shouldn’t be trusted with anyone’s private data!

]]> By: Phil http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-cannot-be-trusted-with-confidential-information/#comment-5947 Phil Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:16:54 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-cannot-be-trusted-with-confidential-information/#comment-5947 Im not so sure about storing <i>all</i> of my data online. I also find it hard to dislike google. They may well have many secrets and maybe even do things that they shouldnt, but overall, so far, they have only done good. I wont be judging them too much yet. Im not so sure about storing all of my data online. I also find it hard to dislike google. They may well have many secrets and maybe even do things that they shouldnt, but overall, so far, they have only done good. I wont be judging them too much yet.

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