In addition to bigger_luddite's concerns there are also the secret relationships Google has with the CIA and NSA. I wonder when, if ever, Google actually abided by their "Do No Evil" slogan.

My big question is WHY does Google, a perveyor of ads, feel the need to collect personal info involving wi-fi networks and their owners? This is really scary stuff people! I don't think George Orwell's 1984 holds a candle to the clandestine spying ops that are being perpetrated against citizens of all countries these days. And Google is right in the thick of it. It sort of makes sense why there have never been any anti-monopoly actions taken against them.

I cannot think of even one single benefit to citizens anywhere having an international corporate behemoth like Google being a secret partner of U.S. spy agencies. I wish us all good luck in the future because we are going to need it...and not just U.S. citizens.

Since go_ogle's "business" is entirely based on data-mining that if they didn't *do* no problem would exist, exactly what is the corporate definition of "privacy"?