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Google’s Eric Schmidt Sheds Light On Security, Search, AdMob, China
Google could announce this week that it will move SSL encryption implemented in Gmail to other services such as search. During the company's annual shareholders meeting a question on this from John Simpson, an investor who works for Consumer Watchdog, prompted a curt "Do you get the drift of the answer?" from Google chief executive officer Eric Schmidt after Google vice president of search Marissa Mayer replied "stay tuned." Encryption has moved to the forefront after Google's admission last week it had collected small pieces of private information people sent through unencrypted wireless networks.
Continue reading...Google Collecting Personal WiFi Data By Mistake
Saturday, May 15, 2010
John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group that is a frequent critic of Google, said the company had demonstrated a "lack of concern for privacy. Its computer engineers run amok, push the envelope and gather whatever data they can until their fingers are caught in the cookie jar," Simpson said. "The takeaway from this incident is the clear need for government oversight and regulation of the data all online companies gather and store," he said.
Continue reading...Google Apologizes Over Wi-Fi Data Collection
Saturday, May 15, 2010
John Simpson from the Consumer Watchdog has said that appropriate government agencies must now ensure the data is appropriately deleted. "Once again Google has demonstrated a lack of concern for privacy," said Mr Simpson. "Its computer engineers run amok, push the envelope and gather whatever data they can until their fingers are caught in the cookie jar. Then a Google executive apologizes, mouthing bafflegab about how privacy matters to the company. "The takeaway from this incident is the clear need for government oversight and regulation of the data all online companies gather and store," he added.
Continue reading...Google Admits Wi-Fi Data Blunder
Saturday, May 15, 2010
John Simpson, from the Consumer Watchdog, told the BBC: "The problem is [Google] have a bunch of engineers who push the envelope and gather as much information as they can and don't think about the ramifications of that."
Continue reading...Google’s WiFi Debacle Shows Internet Giant’s Lack of Concern for Consumers’ Privacy
Friday, May 14, 2010
An admission today that Google’s StreetView cars were gathering private information from WiFi networks shows the company’s lack of concern for privacy and the need for government inspection of the data the company is collecting and storing, Consumer Watchdog said.
Continue reading...Google Admits Vacuuming Up Data from Wi-Fi Networks, Apologizes
Friday, May 14, 2010
"Here they are just out and out snooping in neighborhoods and spying on people," said John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, a frequent Google critic who questioned whether Google violated wiretapping laws.
Continue reading...Few Hardballs from Shareholders at Google’s Annual Meeting
Friday, May 14, 2010
Perhaps the toughest shareholder question came from consumer advocate John Simpson, who asked Schmidt whether Google had agreed to a reported $700 million "kill fee" if Google's $750 million acquisition of the mobile advertising company AdMob is rejected by government antitrust regulators. Schmidt neither confirmed or denied that number, but predicted the deal would be approved by the Federal Trade Commission, which is expected to rule in coming days.
Continue reading...Google’s Growth Markets Include Lobbying
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Those numbers might have gone unnoticed if not for a handful of critics who fear Google is becoming too dominant in its markets and is seeking to become too influential in Washington, D.C. Perhaps chief among those critics is John Simpson, a consumer advocate at the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog. Simpson says he would like to see the Justice Department launch a broad antitrust investigation of Google.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Targets Google
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Every month, Simpson comes to Washington to meet with staff on the Hill and regulatory agencies, journalists and corporate lobbyists. Simpson said he met last week with Jim Tierney, chief of the networks and technology section of the antitrust division of the Justice Department, and staffers about his petition for a broad investigation. Last year, he testified before Congress about privacy and competition concerns in Google's book settlement.
Continue reading...Can we draw any conclusions from Google’s new look?
Friday, May 7, 2010
Internet giant Google spiffed up its look and redesigned the appearance of its search pages this week. The move left me wondering what inferences, if any, can be drawn about the Internet giant's attitude toward intellectual property.
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Monday, May 17, 2010
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