alt Hacker NewsThe whole thing is pointless for privacy IMO because it requires a google account, which they can revoke at any time for any reason, not to mention creating one in $this_year already requires way too much personal information.
The whole thing is pointless for privacy IMO because it requires a google account, which they can revoke at any time for any reason, not to mention creating one in $this_year already requires way too much personal information.
AFAICT, Google have the internal culture/belief that "User privacy" means "only Google hold user data, since we're sure we are trustworthy".
At least, reading their claims with that in mind has often helped me to make sense of the various claims they make.