From the New York Times Editorial Observer: "What Google Should Roll Out Next: A Privacy Upgrade." Nothing that new here for those who follow the privacy implications of Google, but it's good that attention to the issue is broadening. Here…
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Lauren Weinstein writes about the risks of Google:Google currently represents virtually a textbook example of the complex interplay between innovative, socially positive inventions and developments on one hand, and oppressively dangerous technological arrogance on the other. Or as the fictional…
Phil Bogle has an important post on the privacy implications of the new Google Analystics website traffic measuring product:The thing that's a little bit disappointing is that Google used their standard search engine terms of service and privacy policy with…
Tristan Louis has provided an excellent summary of Google's growing product suite and how it matches up to their main competitors (MSN, Yahoo, AOL), while wondering if Google is really all that innovative or whether they are just trying to…
Prosecutors claim a man on trial in connection with the killing of his wife did a Google search for the words: "neck snap break" and "hold" before she was killed. Apparently the case doesn't hinge only on the defendant's search…
Peter Rock-Lacroix questions whether we should place faith in Google to "do no evil" when it comes to protecting copyrights (an argument I think can also be extended to their role in the protection of the privacy of its users):Google's…
NYU's Department of Culture & Communication (my department) is holding its annual Graduate Student Conference on November 11, 2005, where I will be on a panel on Google: Don't Be Evil: Political, Culture and Ethical Aspects of Google Google has…
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Search Engine Journal reports that Google recently filed two patents dealing with ad targeting based on user search history behavior and personalization in what seems an attempt to leverage their Gmail/personal search/toolbar data, reminding us that all those free tools…
Indian president Abdul Kalam has expressed concern over the potential use of satellite image and mapping software - such as Google Earth - by terrorists:At a meeting Saturday of top police officials in Hyderabad, Kalam said he worried that "developing…
Google announced an update of their privacy policy: Google Privacy Policy (October 14, 2005)Google Privacy Policy (July 1, 2004) Aaron Swartz's useful web-based HTML Diff web-based program also offers a comparison of the old and the new and is available…
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