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Google: beauty or the beast?

August 19, 2011 Google 1 Comment Bas van den Beld

Google has got many different faces. There are all the great services they offer, for free, on the one hand. And on the other hand there is the (indirect) price you pay for the services: information. The information-part is what rises questions about privacy-issues. The question is how much we really care about our privacy, but that’s for another time. For now, look at the video below and see how a feeling about Google can be expressed. But are they right or wrong…?

 Google: beauty or the beast?

Author: Bas van den Beld

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Currently there is "1 comment" on this Article:

  1. wilco says:

    It is ironic that the video is posted on YouTube, a Google-owned site. Irony of ironies.

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