Of course they’re watching you. Don’t be silly.
People say they care about certain things.
If George is an idealist socialist, I’m a professional Morris Dancer. Still, it’s an interesting — and sad — notion that we don’t want people to know too much about us in case they use it against us.
The more we talked, the more it seemed George thinks you’re a fool if you expect — or even want — privacy. He’s even pleased with some of the ads he receives on the basis of Google’s intimate knowledge of his inner life.
Is There Still A Line To Be Drawn?
If video of him naked appearing online wouldn’t trouble him, would anything? He admitted there was a line that he thinks shouldn’t be crossed.
He told me: “If, say, I had a script on their [Google’s] servers and it was sold without my permission, I would think that sort of thing is on the other side of the line which would piss people off and cost the company dollars in bad press, congressional hearings, and lawsuits. But the line will move back and forth as time and lawsuits march on.”
It’s moving how things that would cost George money seem to matter more than things that might cause him embarrassment. That’s what too long in Silicon Valley can do to you.