Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it"

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Post by nkohari » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 2:39 PM UTC

Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it"
theregister.co.uk

Re: Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it"

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Post by patrickgzill » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 2:45 PM UTC

So much for "don't be evil".

Re: Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it"

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Post by baxter » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 2:53 PM UTC

patrickgzill wrote: post #2

So much for "don't be evil".

There's a difference between "don't be evil" and "be good".

Re: Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it"

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Post by dustingetz » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 2:55 PM UTC

privacy and the argument against nothing to hide on slashdot: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/10/2054219

Re: Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it"

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Post by ulf » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 2:56 PM UTC

Thanks for the confession... the scary part is the magnitude of which google has access to everyones personal data. Thanks to analytics they even can track everything outside of their direct control

Re: Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it"

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Post by sheriff » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 2:57 PM UTC

cool, so my friends that work at Google don't need to keep the details of their projects secret anymore?

Re: Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it"

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Post by cbetz » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 2:59 PM UTC

patrickgzill wrote: post #2

So much for "don't be evil".

In my opinion, he should apologize immediately or else resign. Unfortunately the cat already seems to be out of the bag to some extent. I really hope Sergey and Larry do not have the same disdain for privacy that Mr. Schmidt has exhibited.

I was previously on the fence about trusting Google with all my data and personal information. This one idiotic sentence from the CEO makes the choice to stop using Google services a lot easier for me.

Re: Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it"

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Post by dirkstoop » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 2:59 PM UTC

Funny, Schmidt is using the same reasoning people commonly use to defend the patriot act (and, for that matter, other government-instilled impediments on privacy and freedom of speech).

Re: Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it"

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Post by NonEUCitizen » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 3:03 PM UTC

sheriff wrote: post #6

cool, so my friends that work at Google don't need to keep the details of their projects secret anymore?

or they shouldn't be working on that project...

Re: Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it"

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Post by pierrefar » Tue, Dec 08, 2009, 3:04 PM UTC

I'd like Eric Schmidt to publicly release his search history, both his work-related and private searches.