Google's Brin Talks Privacy and More

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Google's Brin Talks on Gmail Future

Google's Brin Talks on Gmail Future 04/23/2004 09:52 PM
Gmail is Google's latest, and perhaps most powerful, entry in the search giant's portfolio of Web apps. Google co-founder and president Sergey Brin talked about Gmail in an exclusive conversation with eWEEK's Steve Gillmor.

Google's Sergey Brin Talks on Gmail's
Future

Google's Sergey Brin Talks on Gmail's
Future 04/24/2004 12:53 PM

Google's Brin Promises Safari
Compatibility For Gmail

Google's Brin Promises Safari
Compatibility For Gmail 04/26/2004 11:53 AM

Google's Page and Brin Top Innovators of
Past 75 Years

Google's Page and Brin Top Innovators of
Past 75 Years 01/03/2005 02:43 PM
Search Engine Lowdown Jan 3 2005 6:22PM GMT

Google's Brin Talks on Gmail Future

Google's Brin Talks on Gmail Future 04/26/2004 09:48 PM
eWeek

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UAL's Tilton 'Honest'; Playboy Bares
Google's Brin; Glaser Has Cure For Music
Piracy

UAL's Tilton 'Honest'; Playboy Bares
Google's Brin; Glaser Has Cure For Music
Piracy 08/27/2004 07:11 PM
Forbes Aug 27 2004 11:14PM GMT

Google's Privacy Problems

Google's Privacy Problems 02/14/2003 02:10 PM
Google Watch: Google as Big Brother, a list of his top ten Google Privacy Problems. My thoughts: The cookie is a serious issue. Google assigns everyone who visits a cookie that uniquely identifies them to Google for all time. There's very few legitimate reasons to do this, and they certainly don't outweigh the harm done. (Google could easily assign a cookie that only contained your preferences and not a personal identifier.) Logging is also an issue. Actions by the current US government make it clear they don't care about privacy, and it's very likely that they've convinced Google to hand over full logs of who is searching for what. I think the bit about hiring spooks is silly, just working at the NSA doesn't ruin you forever. The toolbar asks in bright bold red letters if you really want Google to phone home about every site you visit. Obviously you should answer no if you like your privacy. Google could probably improve things by letting you press a button to look up the PageRank for a page, rather than always doing it automatically. I like the cache copy. Putting stuff on the Internet makes it public; get used to it. I think most people agree the sites penalized by Google deserve it. If you think your site was penalized unfairly, let me know, and I'll spread the word. On the other hand, I think Google should publish their block list and algorithms. Conclusion: Google needs to stop sending the cookie and promise to only store aggregate data, with no connection between users and search terms. This issue was publically raised almost a year ago; that Google still hasn't dealt with it is inexcusable....

Google's Privacy Policy

Google's Privacy Policy 08/05/2002 10:45 PM
Tara points out that Public Information Resource, as part of their Google Watch project has put up a page about Google's Privacy Policies. They point out that Google's persistent cookie (it expires in 2038) can be used to track Google users. I've refused Google's cookies for a long time for this reason. It's annoying because Google forgets my language and SafeSearch preferences, but since I search Google for so many things I'm especially concerned about my privacy. I wish Google would switch to a cookie that only stored specific preferences, rather than identifying information. I hope Google will respond with the reasons for their current cookie system. [Finally, a note on the weblog format. I feel safe in publishing negative comments like this because I know that most if not all readers check the site periodically, so there's little chance of someone getting incorrect and not seeing the correction.] Interestingly, they point out that Matt Cutts, a Google employee, spent a year at the NSA. Food for conspiracy theorists....

Google's Gmail Is Great -- but Not for
Privacy

Google's Gmail Is Great -- but Not for
Privacy 04/26/2004 04:58 AM
Business Week Apr 26 2004 9:18AM GMT

Google's Gmail stirs up privacy concerns

Google's Gmail stirs up privacy concerns 04/16/2004 04:55 AM
IT-Analysis.com Apr 16 2004 9:23AM GMT

Privacy issues continue to dog Google's
Gmail

Privacy issues continue to dog Google's
Gmail 04/15/2004 02:15 PM
Since announcing Gmail two weeks ago, Google Inc. has been forced to defend the planned Web-based e-mail service against accusations that it may violate users' privacy. In the face of the attacks, especially vociferous in Europe, which has strict privacy regulations, Google has begun to express willingness to be flexible about how it offers the service.

Google's memory stirs privacy concerns

Google's memory stirs privacy concerns 06/05/2005 11:18 PM
Sydney Morning Herald Jun 6 2005 3:34AM GMT

Attempt made to block Google's Gmail
over ad privacy

Attempt made to block Google's Gmail
over ad privacy 04/14/2004 03:50 AM
Revolution Apr 14 2004 8:11AM GMT

Google's Gmail faces trademark, privacy
challenges

Google's Gmail faces trademark, privacy
challenges 04/09/2004 03:55 PM
The gigabyte storage capacity and long memory of Google Inc.'s planned Web-based e-mail service are making it a big target for privacy campaigners -- and the name, Gmail, could soon be the subject of a trademark dispute, too.

Google's IPO and Talks With Microsoft

Google's IPO and Talks With Microsoft 11/01/2003 05:19 AM
BeSpacific Nov 1 2003 3:45AM ET

Read My Mail, Please - The silly privacy
fears about Google's e-mail service. By
Paul Boutin

Read My Mail, Please - The silly privacy
fears about Google's e-mail service. By
Paul Boutin 04/16/2004 02:15 AM
Read My Mail, Please .. GMail: No worries .. don't understand .. boutin on gmail .. reviewed

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Brin and Templeton

Brin and Templeton 04/28/2004 11:31 AM
EWeek: Google's Brin Talks on Gmail Future The most interesting thing is that Google co-founder Sergey Brin knows Brad Templeton, an outspoken advocate of encrypted email, and they're discussing what to do. Sergey also says they plan to make Gmail public to everyone within three-to-six months, and an encrypted backend probably won't make it in by then. Templeton: The Gmail Saga. A good discussion of some privacy problems and solutions, but notice that Brad and the EFF haven't signed the anti-ads letter. I agree that the most important thing Google could do is encryption, and there are some simple steps that Google can take within their existing framework. First, they should immediately move everything to SSL. When I was at a conference last week, anyone could read my Gmail email, and with a little extra work, perhaps modify my account and things. With SSL, everything would be protected and encrypted. Second, they should use public-key encryption. (This part will be a bit technical.) When you create a Gmail account, your computer creates a keypair. The public key is sent to Google. The private key is encrypted with a password you choose, and the encrypted version is sent to Google. (Important: Google never gets your password.) When an email is received for your account, the server encrypts it with your public key before saving it. When you log into read it, you download your encrypted key, decrypt it with your password, and then your computer decrypts your mail with the resulting key as it's downloaded. (Already, all your mail goes through Gmail's JavaScript client to get processed and turned into HTML, so this won't be too hard to add on the client-side.) In this way, your mail is never stored in a way Google has access to. Third, they should investigate encrypting the indexes in a similar manner. If that's not possible or practical, they should do it the way Brad suggests (store them encrypted with a password sent to Google when you log in and deleted when you log out)....

EFF Privacy Coalition Presses Congress
for Hearings on Air Traveler Privacy

EFF Privacy Coalition Presses Congress
for Hearings on Air Traveler Privacy 02/17/2004 02:34 PM
Electronic Frontier Foundations Feb 17 2004 6:22PM GMT

Creating a Privacy Policy Compliant with
the New Online Privacy Protection Act

Creating a Privacy Policy Compliant with
the New Online Privacy Protection Act 12/12/2003 07:51 PM
IRMI Dec 12 2003 6:22PM ET

Sergey Brin in Drag

Sergey Brin in Drag 04/09/2004 03:56 PM

Sergey Brin in Drag - EXCLUSIVE on Google Weblog

Sergey Brin in drag on Hot or Not

Sergey Brin in drag on Hot or Not 04/09/2004 04:07 PM
Another meme spreads round the web, the Sergey pic is on Hot or Not: Is Sergey HOT or NOT?...

Page y Brin: la entrevista de la
controversia

Page y Brin: la entrevista de la
controversia 08/14/2004 09:35 AM

Sergey Brin in Drag - EXCLUSIVE

Sergey Brin in Drag - EXCLUSIVE 04/09/2004 03:54 PM
Privacy advocates have often discussed Google allows your past to haunt you. Any careless mistake or childish prank is preserved on the Internet, forever, available for anyone curious enough to do a Google search. Well, the problem has really hit home -- so to speak -- for Google's own founder, Sergey Brin, whose college website once included a photo of him in drag. It's tempting to laugh about how this will completely derail Google's IPO, and joke about how good Sergey looks in a Speedo, but I think we as a society need to move beyond our embarrassment, and admit that all founders of major companies did some pretty silly things in college -- the only difference is that Sergey was dumb enough to put them on the Web for all eternity. Thanks to alterego for the tip about the pictures....

Sergey Brin Gives LinuxWorld Keynote

Sergey Brin Gives LinuxWorld Keynote 08/15/2002 09:41 AM
Sergey Brin gave the keynote at LinuxWorld, which explained how and why Google used Linux for their 10,000-machine server farm. Some press coverage is below. Let me know if you find any other articles. Wired: Linux Feels the Corporate Love. "Imagine heading up a company that's powered by 10,000 Linux servers," Martin Felts, a systems security manager, said. "Logically, I knew it's not like Sergey can just muck around with Google's machinery whenever he has a whim, but still. I think everyone who heard his speech wanted to become Brin for at least a day." Infoworld: Google gives testimony to Linux scalability. '"We, on a daily basis, even get queries from Antarctica," Brin said. Google probably gets queries from the international space station as well, he said.'...

Brin: Co-Founders Hold 33% Google Class
B

Brin: Co-Founders Hold 33% Google Class
B 04/30/2004 12:12 PM
Forbes Apr 30 2004 4:16PM GMT

Google's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger
could do more than improve Google's Web
searches.

Google's Memory Upgrade - How Blogger
could do more than improve Google's Web
searches. 03/13/2003 10:26 AM
This excellent piece by Steven Johnson touches on some of the bigger ideas few people have been thinking about in all the Blogger/Google speculation and analysis.

Brin: Google In French Legal Flap Amid
IPO Rumors

Brin: Google In French Legal Flap Amid
IPO Rumors 04/26/2004 03:46 PM
Forbes Apr 26 2004 8:13PM GMT

Larry Page And Sergey Brin: Information
At Warp Speed

Larry Page And Sergey Brin: Information
At Warp Speed 01/03/2005 07:10 PM

Brin, Page hold 33% of Google class B;
Trump to wed another supermodel; Nortel
axes CEO, other execs

Brin, Page hold 33% of Google class B;
Trump to wed another supermodel; Nortel
axes CEO, other execs 04/30/2004 07:09 PM
Forbes Apr 30 2004 10:46PM GMT

The war on privacy, Act II

The war on privacy, Act II 03/16/2003 03:12 AM
You talk to your spouse on the cell phone, and the government eavesdrops and writes down your conversation. In the privacy of your home you Google. ...

"Privacy"

"Privacy" 07/02/2004 08:10 AM

LNR Wants Privacy

LNR Wants Privacy 08/31/2004 01:58 PM
Cerberus Capital Management's purchase shows the dangers for minority public shareholders.

One pie, no privacy

One pie, no privacy 04/27/2004 07:18 AM
USA Today Apr 27 2004 11:37AM GMT

Privacy is a Pandora's Box

Privacy is a Pandora's Box 03/19/2005 02:38 AM

Canadian Privacy Act

Canadian Privacy Act 02/13/2004 06:31 PM

Protect Your Web Privacy

Protect Your Web Privacy 07/19/2004 11:21 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 20 2004 3:41AM GMT

Privacy Eraser v3.0

Privacy Eraser v3.0 11/05/2003 01:26 PM
Protect your privacy by cleaning up your browser's cache, cookies, history, typed URLs, index.dat, autocomplete memory and erasing your tracks of past Windows activity with the easy-to-use and powerful privacy protect tools. [Shareware $29.95 30 Days 838 KB]

"Privacy Statement"

"Privacy Statement" 11/16/2003 08:31 PM

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy 12/25/2003 08:07 AM
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