Thank you, Google, for being so ‘evil’
 

Thank you, Google, for being so ‘evil’
http://c2.bgr.com/2014/01/google-sign-34.jpg?w=610Using Google's "don't be evil" slogan in articles criticizing the tech**logy giant's hunger for private data is a pastime tech bloggers and journalists have long since worn out. Yes, we k**w Google is an advertising company. Yes, we k**w nearly every single product and service in Google's massive portfolio is used in part to collect personal data from the company's massive user base. Yes, we k**w that data is then used to build profiles of each Google user. And yes, we k**w those profiles are used to serve targeted advertisements.

Advertising is Google's business, and business is good. Google's net income came in at about $3.4 billion last quarter on massive revenue totaling*$16.9 billion.

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