[jacquesm]

Except it isn't true and likely never was. Good PR though!

[lokar]

That is unfair. The engineer who suggested the phrase and the others around at the time were being honest.

But organizations change as they grow.

[jacquesm]

Engineers don't set policy.

[lokar]

At the time they (Larry and Sergey) did.

[jacquesm]

Yes, and look what happened. It's not as if they have disappeared, they handed the reins to a guy who walked all over that and got away with it. If they really cared they would have put a stop to that and the uncountable other privacy and tracking issues that Google has been up to over the years.