Like Microsoft in the 90’s, it appears that this decade and into next Google has the biggest target on their back. They are big, successful and seemingly everywhere. The article below reports that a Washington DC group concerned with privacy wants the FTC to investigate Google’s privacy practices. The incident I talked about last week regarding the small and very specific situation where a Google Document users saved files might be viewed by another user also under very specific circumstances spurred the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) to as the FTC to investigate Google.
Common sense tells me that Google does not want to violate any one’s privacy. If they did have a problem, and the problem was real, and widespread and made public, it would be the undoing of their company. I think EPIC needs to find better things to do with their time, and we certainly know that the government has things they better be paying attention to as well.
Privacy group to FTC: Google’s cloud is unsafe | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com.
