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Google's whole thing is selling ads and surveillance. Any impressions to the contrary is corporate PR working as designed.

And that's a very cute perspective - for Google, privacy means protecting my data from access by not-Google. But that's not what it means for me.

[JumpCrisscross]

> impressions to the contrary is corporate PR working as designed

It's closer to propaganda if it serves to keep the rank and file in check.

[Spivak]

> But that's not what it means for me.

You made my own point back to me but in a tone that makes it sound like a refutation.

Expecting Google to frame their mission of protecting user data in terms of someone who considers Google themselves a threat is uncharitable to the point of just wanting to be mad.

Your stance makes no distinction between Google collecting data and keeping it between you two and just publishing it publicly.

[car_analogy]

> Expecting Google to frame their mission

They're not just framing their mission - they're redefining privacy. And there are plenty of companies that minimize the data they gather for exactly this reason ("considering themselves a threat", as you put it). Signal, Red Hat, Canonical, Duck Duck Go...