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Google is paranoid about security
WEB SEARCH LEADER Google is paranoid about security, but only its own. Not the security of the data that it readily admits it controls.
Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, has been flapping him gums about the attacks that hit the firm last year, saying that since then the company has been 'paranoid' about security. Join the club.
Earlier this year some hacker attacks compromised the email accounts and personal details of Chinese journalists, while another incident exposed contact information to a wide range of parties. In the first case the Chinese government was said to have been involved, while the second was when Google released Buzz, its friendly social networking tool. However, in this instance, Schmidt is commenting on the former.
Schmidt was speaking to Techcrunch hack Jason Kincaid at the Atmosphere 2010 event, and his comments have been reported widely. Speaking about the hacker attacks that hit his firm, he said, "Google is now particularly paranoid about that."
Schmidt said that since the attacks hit his firm it has become obsessed with security.
We wouldn't like to comment on its original views on protecting its users' information, and we'd hesitate to say that it was 'lax'. µ
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Google is paranoid? If they weren't helping organizations with nefarious deeds they wouldn't need to be 'paranoid'.
Hackers like to go after companies or people or gov'ts that think they are above the law. In this case, google thinking they were above Chinese law while operating in China. (who'd of thought it?)
Really if google didn't want to be hacked, they shouldn't of helped the CIA spy on or influence China. No schmidt!
They're hand was caught in the cookie jar and was swatted.
Besides the hackers already made off with the kitchen sink. So why would google be paranoid if everything was already taken? Maybe because there are more dark areas that should have a little light shined on them?
If they're paranoid, it's because they are still doing nefarious deeds for nefarious organizations. Just common sense. They're not concerned about your personal data. The bread and butter is THE search engine. You don't need credit card numbers for that.
Google is still the best search engine, but they are milking it. Keep up the bs and you'll be as hated as Microsoft by a large percentage of the population.