[dewitt]

Oh come on, that first sentence is uncalled for.

Cromwellian (while awesome, and someone who never fails to impress me with his writing) is not speaking for Google, or even other Googlers. He is speaking for himself. As is his right, I'd hope you'd agree, even if you (like many) would disagree with some of the things he writes.

(Edit: you changed the first sentence. Which reads better, thank you. Though I would actually still make the case it's far less contemptuous regarding privacy than you suggest. Worth reading deeply, since I think what he is saying is nuanced.)

[majika]

My first sentence does not imply that he's speaking for Google, or other Google employees. cromwellian is an employee of Google, and I would regard his opinion here as being contemptuous of privacy.

Edit: okay, I see the implication now of me referring to all Google employees in that sentence. I had intended for the plural to refer to "more than one", which I think is a safe bet - but it could also be construed as referring to "all" employees. I've qualified the sentence with "some".

[mbreese]

>>> And here we see the contempt for privacy that employees of Google hold

Um... yes it did. You're trying to portray all of the employees of Google as being against privacy, and that's just simply not the case.

Besides that, the argument cromwellian was making is hardly unique to Googlers.