Tag: rant

Google, A little Evil?

Google likes to say that they can operate without being evil.  True, it is there in the first sentence of their policy.  Check it out Don’t Be Evil.   But that whole don’t be evil thing, might be lost on the Google Chrome browser developer.

So the FTC has endorse a security system that allows a user to say to advertisers, “don’t track me”.  This feature was first added to Mozilla, followed by Microsoft Internet Explorer, and now Apple’s Safari.   But guess what?  Not by Google Chrome.

You might be wondering why won’t Google follow the rest.  Well, considering that Google’s business is based on being able to amass as much information about users, it is not surprising.  Too bad they put tracking ahead of your own code of conduct.

May be I am too harsh in thinking that Google’s desire to track users is a bit evil.   But I certainly don’t see it as being good for the users.

I found this story on Slashdot:

Apple Adding “Do-Not-Track” To Safari

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 14, @08:49AM
from the honor-system-will-work-fine dept.
bonch writes “The latest developer preview of OS X Lion includes a “do not track” privacy feature in Safari, the latest browser to do so following Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The feature complies with a privacy system backed by the FTC that allows users to declare that they do not wish to be tracked by online advertisers. This leaves Google Chrome as the last prominent browser not to support the feature. As an online advertiser themselves, Google states that they ‘will continue to be involved closely’ with industry discussions about compliance with the do-not-track system.”