[PastaMonster]

Google shot themselves in the foot by being corrupt. Claiming incognito protects you while the google analytics and google's other services can run around collecting your info without any issues. You don't give users a false sense of security. That's how your buildings catch fire, literally. Some do fantasize about doing it. Read enough forums to see that pattern emerging. I'd think that would be a humbling experience if a justified attack was executed on google buildings and server farms all around the planet. I would laugh my ass off from the karma google is getting alone from that. If coordinated correctly no lives will be lost either. Not promoting it, pointing out it's possible.

Companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft and facebook needs to be forced to split up. Section 230 is also overdue for a rewrite. The recent example is facebook just blocked news in Australia. Just like that.

[anchpop]

I don't think very many people care about online privacy or tracking. People in the HN bubble really overestimate the amount that most people care that some company is giving them targeted ads. We're not anywhere close to the level required for privacy-focused terrorist cells to start forming