Expert: Google‘s ’Totalitarian’ Methods Should Worry You
- Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:16pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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This interesting article in the Washington Times calls Google out for being ethically challenged. The article is by Scott Cleland who recently wrote the book, Search and Destroy: Why You Can’t Trust Google Inc.
Google Inc.’s “Don’t Be Evil” slogan is seductive but misleading. It is the lowest business ethics standard ever devised, excusing everything Google does short of evil. Google isn’t evil – but neither is it ethical.
While perceptions of the world’s erstwhile No. 1 brand remain exceptionally strong, Google’s ethical blind spots regarding privacy and property rights are beginning to erode the public’s trust and eventually could threaten the company’s market domination. Anyone who follows Google closely knows that the company is a serial scandal machine. One of the world’s most powerful companies, with its vainglorious mission to “organize the world’s information,” has proved itself to be unethical, shockingly political and untrustworthy.
Cleland gives some examples of how Google has violated privacy rights:
Google’s privacy record is shameful. In 2004, Google sparked a privacy outcry by scanning Gmail users’ private emails for advertising keywords. The next year, Google Earth put sites, including the White House’s roof and a Trident submarine base, on public display; a leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade terrorist group said he was thrilled. In 2006, Google refused to comply with a California privacy law. Two years later, Street View exposed people’s homes and license plates to anyone who cared to look; a member of the British Parliament described the service as “invading our privacy on an industrial scale.” In 2009, Google began tracking the books people searched (via Google Books) and visitors to WhiteHouse.gov. Last year, Google Buzz exposed users’ private email lists to the public while Google’s Street View cars were caught eavesdropping on millions of users’ wireless networks. No wonder Privacy International cited Google for its “entrenched hostility to privacy.” But it’s easy to understand why Google has no respect for privacy. Just consider Google Chairman Eric Schmidt’s own words: “If you have something you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it.”
Here is how Google responded (more details in the news clip below, via Fox News):
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Comments (119)
Dougral
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 8:33pmI greatly limit my use of Google. I also clean Google’s cookies from my browser periodically. I don‘t use Google Chrome and I don’t have an Android smartphone. I don‘t like Google’s limitless thirst for info on what I do and who I am. Its my information and I’ll keep as much of it away from Google as I can.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 8:03pmIf you don‘t want people to invade your privacy then maybe you shouldn’t be using the internet. Privacy has gone by the wayside for a long time. It will only get worse until someone gets the idea to keep their information off of the net. Then they will get flagged for something to hide. Can’t win.
Report Post »jcldwl
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:46pm@ water bart
Report Post »First you say get government out of the internet, which I agree with, then you say everyone should have a license to use the internet. Who do you think would issue the license?
amerbur
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:39pmI don’t care what they know about me. I hope they know what I think. I hope they pass it on to Obama, the media, and all his Czaars. I want them to know that there are many of us who appose their efferts to destroy this country.
Report Post »Liberal_Atheist_Critical_Thinker
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:58pmI knew Obama would come up in this thread. Call me the next Nostradamus.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 8:41pmNotsodamus to you Crit.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 11, 2011 at 2:20am@lact
I knew you were going to say that.
Report Post »caprica
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:32pmdogs !
Report Post »caprica
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:32pmeveryone knows that internet is not secure !
Report Post »MarieC
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:25pmI quit using Google several months ago…..I don’t trust them…
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:32pmI quit contributing to the Federal Government two years ago, I don’t trust them either.
Report Post »mrst
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:21pmI have a small business I use google and facebook and other things. I also got a new smart phone which promptly added all my facebook contacts–many of whom I don’t know–to my phone contact list. Google knows EVERYTHING about me I think, and facebook is apparently married to google.. It bothered me before but it bothers me way more now that I know how cozy they are with the current administration–as is facebook. Its creepy at best and probably much worse than that.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:32pm@mrst, they even know how much money you spent on toilet paper . that is why i do financials on online,still do the old fashion way, face to face,yes they can still track me, but not everyone and god can have access to my life, ii use to do everything on line but after a couple of hack jobs in the last few months i have seen removed all financial info and i have no face book account, nor do i have a twitter account. be careful,they may even know when you are on the pot,using that toilet you bought that they are tracking.
Report Post »Nightfall
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:15pmNEVER put anything on the internet you don’t want sold or passed around like a dirty needle.
http://www.varolo.com/village/AaronW
Report Post »powpow20
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:11pmI will do EVERYTHING I can to avoid using Google. Damn it. Why do we even have to deal with this crap! Google, Facebook and who knows who or what else looking over our shoulders. The government is not for the people anymore..it is so corrupt and becoming more openly corrupt. They do not care because what the hell we going to do about it? They are laughing at us, and the media is being paid off for keeping the blinders over our eyes. I always thought people who said or thought the things I am saying and thinking were paranoid fruitcakes….not now.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:25pm@powpow20,welcome to the group, i would not have believed any of this crazy mind boggling crap that was out here,but after do a lot of research, i am now unwilling to trust any government person or agency, so again welcome to the group, remember, we are not the paranoid fruit cakes. it is what they left wants us to be labeled. bottom up top down, and inside out.
Report Post »patriotteapress
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:10pmEnough tracking already!
With the new emergency phone technology, Mommy Google and Big Daddy Government will be able to control our every move. The elites will be able to move and monitor the herd. Moo and Baa Sheeple!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:07pmthey can have all they want on me, they can track me, i just hope the show up at my home, then i can defend my rights and defend my family,and property on my terms,or just maybe they will find me in my car or a parking lot,i don;t care,they will find you at any time and anywhere,the question is,will you let do what they to you,or will you defend you god given rights??? i know what i am willing to do.
Report Post »geonj
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:56pmthis is why, thanks to glenn, i have removed google from my computer.
Report Post »DirtMonkey
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:01pmNot only remove google from your computer, but be sure to tell your web browser to block google cookies as well. ;)
Report Post »TeaPartyPatriot
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:53pm“DO EVIL” google has become one of the top CRONY CAPITALISTS for “You Lie!” hussein and his lunatic-left d-crat socialist extremists, along with Government Motors, Government Electric and Government Sachs. So, let’s now call it “GOVERNMENToogle.”
Report Post »santramir
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:53pmhow americans humiliate themselves to the jewish plans for the zionist domination of the entire world?
Report Post »FANGS
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:51pmEvery time I google something conservative , Google gives me the run around. And when I google my republican lawmakers, I get Democratic sites as well. I’ve known for at least a year that Google is corrupted, and bribed off by obama. And since obama is my enemy, so is google.
Report Post »smak
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:09pm@FANGS
Report Post »Every time I google something conservative , Google gives me the run around. And when I google my republican lawmakers, I get Democratic sites as well. I’ve known for at least a year that Google is corrupted, and bribed off by obama. And since obama is my enemy, so is google.
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You’re a complete nut.
DirtMonkey
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:48pmSome alternative search engines instead of google or bing/yahoo:
yippy.com
duckduckgo.com
ixquick.com
I used to use scroogle.com, but that just searches google, although it claims to be private about it. I decided to just do away with google all together. Each of the above search engines can be customized how you want it and they are private, meaning they do not track you or your search information. I have been using each one of the above for a while now and I am proud to proclaim I am google free.
In place of gmail, an alternative is zoho.com with their free email service. It‘s a web based email service that supports IMAP and POP3 functionality so you can use an email client like Thunderbird or Outlook if you don’t want to use the web to check email.
There are alternatives to google and they work. :p
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:00pm@dirtymonkey,thanks for the info, never heard of them, but will look into them,
Report Post »chfields62
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:42pmDon’t expect anything you do on the internet to be private. If you don’t want people to know, don’t post it. If you expect privacy online, your a moron………………Act accordingly
Report Post »101
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:06pmah-oh : (
Report Post »mtDiamonds
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:40pmGoogle, Intel, Facebook major progressives , all in bed with the soros I mean the osama obama administration ..
Report Post »Johnny 7 OMA
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:57pmMiss Galore, please let James Bond go. We need him. Goldfinger Soros is taking control of the world.
Report Post »JoeBtfsplk
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:28pmI agree that Soros is involved with everything Un-American.
Report Post »cobra two
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:37pmWhen I was growing up there was no google, no internet, no smart phones only dumb ones with a rotary dialer. and we were lucky to get three channels on the tv. I think I can figure out a way to get
Report Post »rid of the google monster. But wait, then that would mean doing away with my internet,computer,etc. and that would mean no more BLAZE! Never Mind. were all screwed anyway.
Johnny 7 OMA
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:49pmOh No. Back to the wood burning computers.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:30pmLife without electronic, a private heaven.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:32pmOnce the government did it (patriot act) companys thought it must be o.k. I’d like EVERONE to stay out of my stuff. @dragonseed tx!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:27pmHe who owns the notwork rules the world.
Report Post »DRAGONSEED
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:23pmDon’t have time to read the story, but want to encourage ALL web-surfers, especially those on theblaze.com, to do whatever you can to AVOID GOOGLE products, including their seach engine and browser (there are better alternatives out there; try scroogle.org and opera or k-meleon or Firefox browsers). Mostly, want to encourage people to learn about HOSTS FILE on their computers and learn how to BLOCK interaction with privacy-violators like google & doubleclick ad nauseum.
Glenn Beck recently reported (several times) that google reported that when Bin Laden was killed, millions of KIDS IN THEIR TWENTIES googled “Who is Osama Bin Laden?” Question: HOW DOES GOOGLE KINOW THE *AGE* OF PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THEIR GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE? AND IF THEY KNOW OUR AGE, WHAT ELSE DO THEY KNOW ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL USER?
We need to GET RID OF UNWANTED PESTS & SNOOPS ON OUR PRIVATE MACHINES. One way to do so is to block them in your firewall and to set up a HOSTS FILE that blocks googleanalytics.com and their many pseuonyms (including their newest 1e100.net). This may take a little research and brain-straining, but it will be worth it. You’ll not only have more privacy & security on your machine but your surfing speed will greatly increase once you block all the cr*p that’s being put on your system, unbeknownst to you. This is especially true for sites like theblaze.com and breitbart.tv and infowars.com. They’re all LOADED with behind-the-scenes cr*p.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:30pmI use DOGPILE.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:18pm@dragonsed. i have been infected twice the last four months, not just my hard drive was infected,my financials,were exposed, had to get all new computers pay a lot of money to try and stop the intrusions, i have every know hardware to stop this crap,but nothing worked, i called my internet provider and they informed me that they had been hacked ,so now we know how they got in,so now my internet company has a provided an broadband virus protection, so far i have been alerted twice when somebody is snooping around,i get alerted right away,and then my internet provider is tracking the hackers. one more thing,watch some of the post with links with them ,they are virus,or they are phishing,i am sure you know that ,before going to any links , stop and go through a fire wall to see who and if they are legit.never go directly to any link,
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 8:03pmDRAGONSEED
Thank’s for the heads up – now I know What’s up with my hard drive. will tackle this soon.
Report Post »smak
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 9:06pm@HOW DOES GOOGLE KINOW THE *AGE* OF PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THEIR GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE?
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It was Yahoo in that article.
Report Post »Whitey4West
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:22pmGuess I should change search engines….never did get into the gmail thing
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:30pmI now BING IT!
Report Post »101
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:43pmBing is owned by google : )
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:00pmI’m a Binger too. :)
Report Post »smak
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:05pm@101
Bing is owned by google : )
It’s owned by Microsoft
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:28pmI googled “google and ethics” and Lucifers pitchfork was the top result, but when I binged “google and ethics”, Obamas information system came up with a picture of Lucifer, go figure.
Report Post »101
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:37pm@smak
Report Post »My Bad : )
Stoic one
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:56pm101
Report Post »Bing is Microsoft’s answer/competition to Google.
and NO Google did not buy Microsoft; Microsoft bought Skype for 8.2 Billion dollars(US)
CatB
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 8:30pmI try not to use Google .. unfortuantely they are all linking up .. and with Facebook being so anti-conservative .. I wonder what will happen next year in the election cycle .. time will tell .. STAY VIGILANT!
Report Post »MinorityRightsAdvocate
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 9:02pmI’ve been concerned about Google for some time. How did they rise so fast? There were other search giants before them, established but then seemingly out of nowhere comes Google, infested with progressive worldview from the start. This was always about controlling the population by a few elites who would control the systems of information.
Stay away from Google, as much as you can, but be aware they are not alone in their desires to control information…. There are many others, just not as big.
http://minorityrightsadvocate.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/is-google-a-threat-to-liberty/
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:21pmIt’s called Capitalism, COMMIE.
go back to russia.
Psychosis
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:27pmreally? you equate the violation of privacy with capitalism? wow your a mental midget
Report Post »ISeeDanger.com
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:31pmThe “line” is what they do with the info.
ie: You write a post on your Facebook page that you might have to have XXX surgery done.
Then Google sells that info to insurance companies and they use it to deny coverage.
(As reported today on Fox.)
That crosses the line and should cause concern. Just check the ads at the top of this page.
Why are they showing you things you have searched for lately?
No one else is seeing that ad but you.
http://www.ISeeDanger.com
Report Post »Finch88
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:40pmCapitalism at its best and I like it!
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:53pmHey Blazers can you tell from
Report Post »Bible Quotin‘ Science Fearin’ Conservative American’s
comments on this and other post, that his head is fill with things a dog would not eat and a cat would want to cover up. Some where in his past life some one filled his head with buzzard vomit and PIG SQUIRT! It must of been a UNION Teacher!!
Water Bart
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:01pmI get very nervous when people are using the internet without being well trained. Some bad things might happen, and it is time to get All govenment away from the internet and make people get a license to use the internet.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:14pmY’all remember the terrorist attacks on Mumbai by Pakistani muslims ?
Report Post »From link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3691723/Mumbai-attacks-Indian-suit-against-Google-Earth-over-image-use-by-terrorists.html
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Investigators into the Mumbai terror attack, which killed 171 people, claim that the 10 gunmen who struck two luxury hotels, a nearby Jewish Centre and the crowded Chhatrapati Shivaji station, used Google Earth to memorise images of their targets to synchronise their assault.
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V-Forge
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:20pmWell. I suppose anybody with a billion or two lying around could easily compete with a company that can fix the rules of engagement. Like it or not, We are all data to be mined and sold in the grand scheme of things google wise. This is no different than any other salesman that would sell your organs to make a dollar. It’s not like you going to regulate morality or ethics into a large company that uses people and their data to make cash. In the end you can always stop using their browsers and their searches. They made the fastest and best and we all spoiled them. The next person to complain better not be caught googling something. There are plenty of other places to search and a business with no data to cash in on can’t rule the new world order can they? This is simply a story of a lazy apathetic populous that does not really care as long as it is convenient. Want to help? Then go to their competition and use them and never see google again unless it’s their desperate ad campaign to get users to come back.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:24pmIt is the lowest business ethics standard ever devised,
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That explains why google and Obama have such affinity
Afterall Obama has exclusive fixation with 4G + 3M
( GM,GE, Google , Goldmansux + Muslims, Marxists. Mexicans)
MarieC
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:26pmYou are so wrong…..
Report Post »american1st
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:34pmtry add block plus, with an “easy privacy” filter subscription
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:34pm.
Report Post »Anyone with a brain cell left knows Google didn’t get to park their Jumbo jet at NASA
by simply being a good neighbor. They sold out.
What and who? Time will tell.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 7:41pm@Cheezwhiz:
Understood. I have seen on Google images from above (satellite) and ground level of the complex where I live in, and of my folks house as well; it is scary to realize how much info they have on us.
Report Post »Average_Joseph
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 8:10pmMy goodness, you really are an idiot! All I can say is that I will pray for you the same way that “Jaron And The Long Road To Love” does in the song “Pray for You.” Good luck and good mental health.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 8:36pm@Finch88
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 6:40pm
Capitalism at its best and I like it!
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They check your personal emails — and you LIKE IT? They invade your privacy without a warrant and you LIKE IT?
Finch, I won’t even use a Google search engine. Google tracks your IP address. Ixquick does NOT!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 8:41pmI said you can’t trust Google.
This is in my gmail inbox:
BREAKING NEWS: Just-released public polls show Republicans are in danger of losing a special election in a deep-red Western New York district.
Speaker Boehner and his backers are scrambling to save the seat — Karl Rove’s swift-boat group just bought a huge slate of attack ads totaling hundreds-of-thousands of dollars. Even Boehner himself made a last minute trip to the district yesterday. They know losing a Republican district like this would be a shocking rebuke to their radical agenda and 2012 hopes.
We can win this race but with Election Day just two weeks from today, we will need $150,000 by Midnight Tonight for urgent rapid response resources.
~~ And they called Republicans “vicious.”
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THEIR candidate is down by ONE point in the polls, and they claim Republicans are afraid!
Obeckian1984
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 9:09pmthe internet is 1984 times 100
Report Post »Obeckian1984
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 9:13pmGoogle is not capitalism it is CIA ism…..or totalitarian
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/exclusive-google-cia/
we fund our own prison cells.
Report Post »Obeckian1984
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 9:15pmGoogle has also taken over youtube, so Obama can kill all the youtubes and websites
Report Post »with one switch.
MrButcher
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 9:28pmMr. Cleland is also paid by microsoft.
That makes him mildly compromised in his analysis and conclusions.
But google needs a good stern eye kept on it at all times. Moreso than most corporations. Their motto “Do no evil” is not good enough for me.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 10:12pm@ “Bible Quotin‘ Science Fearin’ Conservative American”
You forgot “terrorist hatin” in your moniker. You can replace “Science Fearin” with that. I (we?) do not fear science whatsoever. We do not like false science. Have fun in the curve.
Report Post »MiketheTrucker
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 10:20pmIf you look at past monopolies I smell an antitrust suit in the wind, but it won’t happen under this regime.
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on May 10, 2011 at 10:42pm~~~Go about your business.
Report Post »~~~~ This isn‘t the troll you’re looking for.
Ruler4You
Posted on May 11, 2011 at 6:41amFTA: Google‘s ’Totalitarian’ Methods Should Worry You
It’s okay, they mirror the government’s totalitarian methods. Sort of interesting, eh?
Report Post »DeBaan
Posted on May 11, 2011 at 9:16amFree market capitalism means I can stop using their services; I can write articles about how they don’t respect privacy; I can sue them for violating the terms of our agreement, or acting in bad faith (by exposing details), or for damages due to their carelessness.
Vote with your wallets, people. Only, is there anyone else out there that offers an integrated email, IM, blogging, VC solution that also respects privacy?
Report Post »Vinny C.
Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:06amGoogle sucks! 100%!!! But, Sickosis, if you think that this ISN‘T capitalism then you don’t know what you’re talking about. That “free” service you receive from Google? Yeah, this is it! I use Ixquick for my search engine, I don‘t save cookies and I don’t share personal information. If you don’t like Google… DON’T USE IT.
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:52amIf you think the USA has real capitalism, you have never seen, read or understand what a real capitalist society is.
Google, GE, and thousands of other big companies have their hooks in the government ensuring their compititors are put down, that is until they cross someone in the government then they are tossed out for another big company.
What we have in the USA is a very very very bad mixed bag of Crony Capitalism, Socialism, and Dictatorships
Report Post »WakeUp
Posted on May 11, 2011 at 10:53amCapitalism is all about individual property rights. Google is based on the right of powerful, government backed corporations to just take what they want.
People that don’t understand economic structures typically confuse “anything that is good for corporations” with capitalism. Truth is that for true capitalism to work, there must be a strong sense of individuals rights (especially property rights) and a good deal of competition.
When the government gets involved and works hand in hand with almost monopolistic corporations and banks for their mutual benefit… that is fascism.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on May 11, 2011 at 2:11pm@Bible Quotin‘ Science Fearin’ Conservative American
Report Post »Capitalists don’t spy on you and violate your right to privacy. How many capitalists does Obama invite to the Whitehouse? Communists? Socialists? More the latter and Google is one of them. If you are dumb enough to put your information out there on the internet, then you’ve been had, but Google will go into your emails and scan them for keywords. I quit using Google three or four years ago.
DavidD
Posted on May 11, 2011 at 2:46pm@BibleFearing-SciencePerverting-Communist-AntiAmerican,
Report Post »Let me be clear, we ARE capitalists (we, not you) but that doesn’t mean we necessarily want companies to run roughshod over privacy or break the laws of the land. Google is free to make money, but if they do anything unethical don’t whine when we call it out. In fact we conservatives ARE against SOME capitalist enterprises, such as abortion clinics who do their sacred duty to slit babies’ necks and make $$ by stopping little beating hearts. Capitalism is good, but not when it conflicts with morals values and basic conservative principles on which this nation was founded. We will call them like we see them. YES WE CAN!!!