A lot of flack has been directed recently at China, for earlier this month invading a few GMail accounts of political dissidents and gathering information. Because of this breach of trust and lapse in common decency, Google has issued a statement rebuking this “attack” of cyber-espionage. Only Google’s open letter that they’re too ethical to stand for these violations, doesn’t really deserve a round of applause… The irony is, constant surveillance and breach of privacy is how Google makes its money. The real unsavory issue is that Google’s problem with China relates more to having a poor market share (30%) and the fact that they consider  the practice of “monitoring everyone” to be sovereign domain.

Much like the 70-minute grilling of The Phantom Menace, someone… anyone, needs to call “bullshit” on this whole altruistic notion that Google routinely invades your privacy as part of some endeavor to build a better world. You are just a fucking resource to them, with your personal profile information sold bulk to advertisers. As in Amazon ads that appear on your screen, based on your browsing history. Much like the Matrix / Daybreakers hive of bodies that are harvested in some mechanized dystopian future, each Read the rest of this entry »