Google and Privacy...

Is Google and Privacy beginning to sound like "Microsoft Works" i.e. an oxymoron :-)

Search engine expert Danny Sullivan doesn't think so..In his article, he criticizes the Privacy International's rankings and concludes that it's unfair to rank Google at the bottom...

Well, the argument will definitely continue for a while. But, what can't be denied is that Google is treading a very thin line when it comes to privacy. I'm not very comfortable with the idea of Google Street View.. For example, if you are staring at a girl on the street (who doesn't), would you like those pictures to be visible on Google Map's street view? Does it seem far fetched ? .. Well check this out then..

News.com ran a story of a guy who almost got fired because of this Google Map feature..


One lazy afternoon, Maer Israel and a colleague ducked out of work to have a double espresso at a nearby cafe in San Francisco.

Several weeks later, the information technology manager at the French American International School was alerted that a picture of him sitting at the cafe could be found on Google's online map as part of the search giant's new street-level photo view.

"The HR manager ran into me in the hallway and she pulled me aside and...said, 'Do you know that there are cameras everywhere?'" Israel recounted. "Of course, I was a little freaked out because it's the HR person telling me that we got busted having a coffee next door...My mother is surprised I haven't been fired."


I would let the readers draw their own conclusion....