[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...