Google Watch
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Google Watch is a website launched in 2002.[1] The website's goals are to report on invasion of privacy issues.[2][3]
Contents
Critiques of Google
Among Google Watch's criticisms of Google are that it collects personal data on its users and does too little to protect that data.[4][5]
Google Watch documents concerns about privacy risks arising from Google's use of long-lived HTTP cookies.[5]
Actions taken
To illustrate the view that Google's search engine could be subjected to manipulation, Google Watch implemented a Google bomb by linking the phrase "out-of-touch executives" to Google's own page on its corporate management. The attempt was mistakenly attributed to disgruntled Google employees by The New York Times, which later printed a correction.[6][7]
Google Watch continues to raise Google-related privacy issues, particularly its use of cookies which have a life span of more than 32 years and incorporate a unique ID that enables creation of a user data log.[8] It has also made allegations about connections between Google and the NSA and the CIA.[5]
Response
A May 2003 PC World article described Google Watch as "perhaps justifiably paranoid",[4] however Google's defenders assert that Google Watch offers very little evidence to back up its allegations.[5]
Related topics
References
- ↑ Sam Varghese (2005-01-12). "Google critic releases source code for proxy". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/Google-critic-releases-source-code-for-proxy/2005/01/12/1105423537735.html. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ↑ Crerar, Simon (2003-04-05). "Forget me nots". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/04/04/1048962927651.html. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
- ↑ Manjoo, Farhad (August 30, 2002). "Conspiracy Researcher Says Google's No Good". Salon.com. Alternet. http://www.alternet.org/rights/14001/. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Spanbauer, Scott (May 28, 2003). "Internet Tips: How to Make Cash on EBay--Your Auction ABCs". PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,110664/printable.html.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Dave Gussow (April 14, 2003). "Despite popularly, Google under fire for privacy issues". St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.com/2003/04/14/Technology/Despite_popularly__Go.shtml. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ↑ Hansell, Saul; John Markoff (2004-06-22). "Google Edits Its Prospectus to Highlight Risk of Loss". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/22/business/22google.html.
- ↑ "Corrections". The New York Times. 2004-06-25. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01EED81F39F936A15755C0A9629C8B63.
- ↑ Agger, Michael (2007-10-10). "Google's Evil Eye: Does the Big G know too much about us?". Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2175651/. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
External links
- Farhad Manjoo, "Meet Mr. Anti-Google". Salon.com (August 29, 2002).
- Lessig, Lawrence (September 22, 2005). "Google Sued". Lessig Blog. http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003140.shtml.
- CmdrTaco (October 21, 2002). "Google Sued over Page Ranking". Slashdot. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/21/1254221.
- "Google conspiracy theory alive and well". Search Engine News blog. 22 November, 2002. http://www.high-search-engine-ranking.com/search_engine_news_blog_Nov02.htm#GoogleConspiracyTheoryAliveandWell.
- Sherman, Chris. Google Power: Unleash the Full Potential of Google. p. 415. http://books.google.com/books?id=SRadJIuhVjAC&dq=Google+Power;+Unleash+the+Full+Potential+of+Google&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
- Holden, Gregg. Go Google: 20 Ways to reach more customers and build revenue with Google. p. 335. http://books.google.com/books?id=0szqGgetV_sC&printsec=frontcover&dq=20+ways+to+get+more+revenue+and+reach+more+customers+with+oogle&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Hill, Brad. Google Search and Rescue for Dummies. p. 364-365. http://books.google.com/books?id=rawOLc1l8K8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Google+SEarch+and+REsuce+for+Dummies&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
