Friday, December 11, 2009

Wow

I wasn't paying close enough attention yesterday.

Apparently the ceo of google (the owners of blogger!) said something roughly along the lines of if you don't do anything wrong on the net then you shouldn't need privacy... you have nothing to hide.

If that were the  case then I guess that fracas back in the 1700's here in what is now the United States of America must have been instigated by criminals if you apply that precept to their insistence on the right to privacy.

Ars Technica has a more in depth article along with the actual quote and context.

I'm hoping that his comment was just being misconstrued and doesn't actually reflect the companies attitude and policies concerning the privacy of people using their services.