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Comment on Google’s New “Privacy” Policy Is Really A “Spy Policy,” Consumer Watchdog Says by vsp

vsp — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:49:35 +0000

Can we even trust Google’s privacy tools? It can easily circumvent any roadblocks without the users knowing it. The case with its sneaky workaround with Safari and Internet Explorer browsers’ settings is just the tip of the iceberg.

Google is a serial miscreant and has consistently violated privacy concerns on many occasions. It has consistently breached the boundary of decency hoping that it will not be found out. Google’s practice of playing cunning cat-and-mouse maneuvers will not be good in the long run for everybody except for itself and the government. If Google can make the watering down of privacy rules the new normal, it would be a boon to the CIA. The CIA’s attempts to breach the privacy of citizens would be made much easier if a powerful third-party entity like Google can establish the groundwork.

I suspect Google is a trojan horse working for the CIA because it has always got away with the mere slap on the waist for many of its privacy misadventures in the past. If Google can pull the wool over the eyes of consumers, it will be dark days for the future, especially when apologists of Google have been telling everyone that it is normal for privacy to take the back seat in the Internet age if they want free stuff.

Comment on Consumer Watchdog Calls For Google CEO Page To Testify About New Privacy Policy by Today’s Recommended Reads « Google Monitor

Today’s Recommended Reads « Google Monitor — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:17:30 +0000

[...] Consumer Watchdog Calls For Google CEO Page To Testify About New Privacy Policy [...]

Comment on Google using search engine to muscle into Internet businesses, study finds by Mr. Masnick is Ostriching on Search Neutrality

Mr. Masnick is Ostriching on Search Neutrality — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:40:34 +0000

[...] the well-documented charges of: Foundem, TradeComet, MyTriggers, Inside Google, and Precursor’s http://www.Googleopoly.net for only some of the credible, well-argued and [...]

Comment on Is history repeating itself with Google antitrust saga? by Senators Call for Google Antitrust Probe | Inside Google

Senators Call for Google Antitrust Probe | Inside Google — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:01:20 +0000

[...] Watchdog has been calling for antitrust action against the Internet giant since 2010. Clearly policymakers are finally listening. business [...]

Comment on Google using search engine to muscle into Internet businesses, study finds by Key Senators Call for Google Antitrust Probe | Inside Google

Key Senators Call for Google Antitrust Probe | Inside Google — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:59:52 +0000

[...] may recall how our study, “Traffic Report: How Google is Squeezing out Competitors and Muscling Into New Markets,” documented that with the launch of “universal search” Google properties had an [...]

Comment on Consumer Watchdog Calls On Google To Donate Tainted Revenue From Deceptive Online Ads It Published As Feds Shut Down 85 Mortgage Modification Scammers by Dr Janice Duffy

Dr Janice Duffy — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:42:50 +0000

Good on you for calling Google out on this issue. Unfortunately it is not like they care about people. Individuals are just collateral damage in the pursuit of their mission to organise the world’s information – and put ads on it!

Comment on Will Google Maps Camera-Equipped Tricycles Take Pictures Of Our Kids Playground? by Poster's Paradise » It won’t stop here

Poster's Paradise » It won’t stop here — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:35:17 +0000

[...] Will Google Maps Camera-Equipped Tricycles Take Pictures Of Our Kids Playground? [...]

Comment on Is Google following Microsoft’s evil path? by Search Engine News Wrap-up Oct 30 | GOOGLEPLUS APPLICATIONS

Search Engine News Wrap-up Oct 30 | GOOGLEPLUS APPLICATIONS — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:25:08 +0000

[...] Is Google following Microsoft’s immorality path? Inside Google: A disdainful news in The New York Post says that a Federal Trade Commission is deliberation in a vital antitrust review of a Internet giant. They seem to be focusing on either a hunt hulk is pressuring handset makers to pre-load phones with Google applications, The Post has learned. [...]

Comment on Is Google following Microsoft’s evil path? by » Search Engine News Wrap-up Oct 30

» Search Engine News Wrap-up Oct 30 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:46:38 +0000

[...] Is Google following Microsoft’s evil path? Inside Google: A exclusive report in The New York Post says that the Federal Trade Commission is considering in its major antitrust investigation of the Internet giant. They appear to be focusing on whether the search giant is pressuring handset makers to pre-load phones with Google applications, The Post has learned. [...]

Comment on Google using search engine to muscle into Internet businesses, study finds by Is Google following Microsoft’s evil path? | Inside Google

Is Google following Microsoft’s evil path? | Inside Google — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:22:47 +0000

[...] Google controls 65 percent of search online in U.S. market and 95 percent of mobile search. A Consumer Watchdog study demonstrated how with the Google’s properties, such as Google Maps, benefited from the [...]

Comment on Google faces IRS scrutiny for avoiding taxes by Panama corporation

Panama corporation — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:10:22 +0000

The Dublin subsidiary which employs almost 2 000 people and sells advertising across Europe the Middle East and Africa has more than tripled its workforce since 2006 and is credited with almost 90 percent of Google s overseas sales which totaled 12.5 billion in 2008.. The Dublin subsidiary which employs almost 2 000 people and sells advertising across Europe the Middle East and Africa has more than tripled its workforce since 2006 and is credited with almost 90 percent of Google s overseas sales which totaled 12.5 billion in 2008. Google s income shifting helped reduce its overseas tax rate to 2.4 percent the lowest of the top five U.S.

Comment on Can Google explain this search result? by Janice

Janice — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:11:30 +0000

I am not sure but I think I have experienced the same problem. I am pretty tech challenged and the intracacies of the SEO world are way beyond my comprehension. However, I am currently suing Google Inc and Google AU for defamation. I won’t go into details here but these are explained on my blog. drjaniceduffy.com

I started the blog because, after initially removing some links after they were served, Google has not removed the rest. I started a blog in September 2011and within days it was ranking on the first page for a search for my name. My dashboard showed visits from Google IP addresses (not the bots) and suddenly the blog was plummeted into cyberspace. It is indexed on Google but has a page rank of 0. The web page rank is 3. I have run a check with Google diagnostics and there are no issues that contravene their technical guidelines.

I honestly cannot say that I have been censored because I have virtually zero tech ability. I can say that the ranking history is looks suspiciously like censoring.