Part of Google CEO Eric Schmidt's justification for being complicit with China's censorship of search engine results is that Google does the same thing in Germany and France, so what's the big deal with time around. Consider this recent statement:Asked…
Read More China vs. Germany: Comparing Google’s Censorship Practices
I've stumbled across a few blog posts extolling the virtues of having a GPS-enabled digital camera. For example: My wife doesn't want to have to carry around two bulky devices and greatly extend the already considerable time it takes her…
MSNBC has an article today where Google defends its cooperation with Chinese censorship. Choice quotes from CEO Eric Schmidt include:"We believe that the decision that we made to follow the law in China was absolutely the right one," Schmidt said…
With tools like Google Toolbar, Google Analytics, Web Accelerator, Adsense and Adwords, Google has a variety of means of collecting information about where users browse (with Toolbar & Accelerator, they can track your browsing off of Google properties as well).…
This San Francisco Chronicle article notes that the Google municipal wi-fi service will require users to create a Google account and log on to access the free service. While (savvy) users can create anonymous accounts, requiring a login makes it…
Read More Google Wi-Fi requries Google Account; Info Held 6 Months
Following up on these privacy concerns with municipal wi-fi programs, I am beginning to wonder to what extent the providers of muni-wi-fi (such as Google) might be considered "state agents" when it comes to the collecting of personal information via…
A partnership between Google and Earthlink beat other bids to provide municipal wi-fi to the citizens of San Francisco. While muni-wi-fi is definitely a step towards lessening the digital divide, this particular plan is not as "free" as Google says…
Read More Google Wins Right to Track Wi-Fi Users in San Francisco
Susan Crawford has an excellent post that expresses much more intelligently what I've been thinking about lately regarding some of the privacy implications of social networks and other online information services, noting how "social networks are rich minefields for privacy…
Disney is launching a wireless phone service that allows parents to track their children using global positioning system technology. Robert Iger, Disney president and CEO, notes that "Disney Mobile is perfectly positioned to transform the way families come together and…
Read More Disney Phone Service Features GPS Tracking Of Children
Maryland is continuing its march towards wholesale surveillance of its citizens on the roads by announcing plans to use license plate recognition systems to scan and identify the plates of any vehicle a specially-equipped car happens to drive past. Marc…
Read More Maryland to Engage in Wholesale Scanning of License Plates
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