{"id":35487,"date":"2013-05-23T14:17:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T13:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=35487"},"modified":"2013-05-23T14:23:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T13:23:10","slug":"googles-gross-hypocrisy-we-have-to-fight-for-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/latest-news\/googles-gross-hypocrisy-we-have-to-fight-for-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gross Hypocrisy From Google: ‘We Have To Fight For Privacy’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mick Meaney
\nRINF Alternative News<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Google\u00a0executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen of Google Ideas bizarrely\u00a0made hypocritical statements\u00a0at the company’s Big Tent event this week about the increasing need to protect our privacy, while\u00a0conveniently\u00a0ignoring the fact that they profit from destroying it.<\/p>\n

Consider then, the audacity of Eric Schmidt’s\u00a0proclamation that:<\/p>\n

“We have to fight for privacy or we’re going to lose it. Because it’s so easy to lose.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes\u00a0Schmidt, you’re right! Because you’re part of a small cabal that’s invested heavily in taking it away from us!<\/p>\n

The duo<\/a> also attempted\u00a0to blame younger generations for the dramatic loss of privacy – despite research that continues to prove the\u00a0contrary.<\/p>\n

Bilderberg regular\u00a0Eric\u00a0Schmidt said:<\/p>\n

“As you age, more and more of your digital identity is determined by others and that indelible record is something new generations will live with for the rest of their lives.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sidekick\u00a0Cohen interjected:<\/p>\n

“Kids are coming online and saying things that will follow them round for rest of lives, faster than the physical maturation process. Parents should talk to them about privacy years before the birds and the bees.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Schmidt continued:<\/p>\n

“Each of you completely expects Google to maintain the integrity of data you share with us. It would be a huge problem if data was leaked or inappropriately given to governments. [But it’s] very difficult to delete things. It’s unlikely posted things will be deletable and that’s a problem for parents.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll leave the obvious\u00a0hypocrisy to one side for a\u00a0moment\u00a0and point out that the latest research figures demonstrate that children and teenagers are concerned about their privacy and actively take steps to protect it.<\/p>\n

A joint study<\/a> by the Pew Research Center and the Berkman Center for Internet Society has shown that teenagers take\u00a0\u201ca variety of technical and non-technical steps to manage the privacy of that information\u201d with only 8% believe that setting privacy controls is\u00a0\u201csomewhat difficult\u201d.<\/p>\n

But Schmidt, who once said<\/a>: “We know where you are. We know where you\u2019ve been. We can more or less know what you\u2019re thinking about,”\u00a0chose to ignore this at his Big Tent event.<\/p>\n

Google’s privacy issues and law suits are well documented, less reported however are the companies ties<\/a> to\u00a0the\u00a0NSA and its connections<\/a> to the CIA.<\/p>\n

In 2008, a disturbing video produced by Consumer Watchdog demonstrated how Google’s web browser, Chrome, records\u00a0what a user types into the\u00a0web address\u00a0field, and then sends that information to Google servers.<\/p>\n

Sounds like a step too far? Well watch this video and make up your own mind:<\/p>\n