Google: Invasion of Privacy

Do you remember this post my non-existent readers? Well according to mX there has been a backflip on the World of Warcraft identity plan. Apparently...

...gamers won't have to use their real names on forums after publishers Blizzard received around 50, 000 mostly critical comments stretching over some 2500 pages...

-mX in Backflip on WoW ID plan from 12th of July, 2010

It may have also had something to do with...

The Centre for Democracy and Technology said the proposed policy could have led to identity theft and stalking

- mX in Backflip on WoW ID plan from 12th of July, 2010

So how does invasion of privacy relate to the much loved and cherished Google? You can thank Dverning for exposing me to Cracked.com. While wasting my precious sleep time I came across an article by Robert Evans which looks at 5 Reasons You Should Be Scared of Google. This reminded me to post this video by The Beast File...

The Beast File: Google ('Hungry Beast, ABC TV) from Hungry Beast on Vimeo.


Now invasion of privacy is not a new thing for the Interwebz. It has been going on for some time now. But if you haven't stop and asked yourself the following question then maybe you should...

Do I have something that I don't want anybody to know?

Because if you do Google CEO Eric Schmidt has made the following statement:

...maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.