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Wait... You trust Google to keep our information secret? Don't they literally allow access to all our information for money through targeted ads? Didn't Google just admit to reading all of our emails for like a decade now?


Google AFAICT does not share your data. They use it to target ads on behalf of others, which leaks some of it. But they hold it pretty close.


Honestly, every sensible business tries to limit the data it has that cannot be monetized or inform business decisions. And in this respect, big companies are opposed to governmental covert collection since it limits the company's portfolio of clients, probably hurts their own security, and requires them to do shit that don't turn a profit.




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