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by anxiousest 4645 days ago
One: he's not just a "top guy at Google" he's Vint "I invented the internet" Cerf.

Two: the headline is highly paraphrased, which I guess you know since you've read the whole thing. Also sociologically speaking even that warped baiting headline is technically correct.

So, again since you actually read the piece, you'd agree that the point he was making is that "privacy", important as it is, is a subjective and evolving concept thus society shouldn't use it to dismiss or outright ban certain new technologies.

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> certain new technologies

of which his employer makes/uses/promotes several.

just because someone did "good things" previously doesn't mean their actions and/or comments are all inherently "good".