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Another article about how much Google knows
about its users, and how dangerous that is. Why does Google get so much heat about this? Granted, the company sometimes
appears to be clueless about privacy, as in the aftermath of Gmail’s launch. But the truth is that Gmail is no more
intrusive or dangerous to personal privacy than any other Webmail system, and has been operating for less time than
Yahoo!, Hotmail, and others. Gmail has fewer users, too. Compare Google to Yahoo!, which stores millions of credit card
numbers, personal-ad profiles, stock portfolios, RSS preferences, bookmarks, search histories, photo collections, and
much more. But somehow Google is the privacy risk worth writing about? And what the heck is this— “Google also
provides driving directions, photo sharing and instant messaging…”? Photo sharing? Instant messaging?! What the
hell?
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