The problem this is trying to address is important. I'm not sure how I feel about this solution.
Google publishes a description of how to avoid getting tracked and then does all kind of things to get around the actions of the folks who take their advice.
"The Data Privacy Lab is dedicated to creating technologies and related policies with provable guarantees of privacy protection while allowing society to collect and share private (or sensitive) information for many worthy purposes. We do this by partnering with institutions, agencies, and corporations facing real-world privacy concerns."
Google accidentally collects terrabytes of payload data from open wireless networks. Whoops!
James Grimmellmann argues that Google is a company that is out of control in regards to privacy. It's hard to disagree with him!
OK. So I'm not the only one that noticed that Google+ is basically just a Diaspora ripoff.
organize people to call their printer manufacturers to turn off printer tracking dots
I can't believe I didn't bookrmark this before. In any case, it's relaunched with a bunch of new features.
Now you can find out that Google has been recording EVERY PLACE YOU'VE GONE for the up to the last 5-6 years!