“Google should be ashamed,” says Marc Thiessen, the former chief speechwriter for George WMD Bush who is a “is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) where he studies and writes about American presidential leadership and counterterrorism” and “writes about general US foreign and defense policy issues and contributes to the AEIdeas blog.” He also writes a twice-weekly column for the Washington Post “on foreign and domestic policy and contributes to the PostPartisan blog,” where his article referenced in my title was initially published before it was posted on the AEI website, a site I frequent because it often has good material.
Not this time. In fact, not any time the subjects of the U.S. military or U.S. foreign policy are addressed.
And why should Google be ashamed?
Not because Google:
- keeps tabs on everything you’ve ever searched for, on any device, including search histories you’ve deleted from an individual device.
- knows which apps you’re using, how often, when, where and with whom you’re interacting when you do
- keeps tabs on every single YouTube video you’ve ever searched for, watched and commented on.
- has the ability to access your microphone without your knowledge.
- has maintained an intimate relationship with the National Security Agency (NSA) for a number of years.
- has every single email you’ve ever sent, received and deleted.
No, Google should be ashamed because:
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