google refuses to remove saudi app which allows men to track women

[Pickman's model]

... and control their travel. american politicians demanded it be removed from the google app store but the don't be evil people decline Google, siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove widely-criticized government app which lets men track women and control their travel

 

[Sue]

... and control their travel. american politicians demanded it be removed from the google app store but the don't be evil people decline Google, siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove widely-criticized government app which lets men track women and control their travel

Nice.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Has Google ever lived up to their "Don't be evil" pledge?

They're part of the ever growing capitalist surveillance sector, making money off of gathering private information and selling it the highest bigger. As if that's not going to create a dystopia that even Orwell or Huxley couldn't have imagined.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Apparently they dropped don't be evil in 2015.

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"Don't be evil" was a motto used within Google's corporate code of conduct. Following Google's corporate restructuring under the conglomerate Alphabet Inc. in October 2015, Alphabet took "Do the right thing" as its motto, also forming the opening of its corporate code of conduct. Wikipedia

Which is a bit more ambiguous really...

 

[Fez909]

selling it the highest bigger

Not to defend Google, but they don't do this (AFAIK).

Their value as a company is in both the data they hold and the information they've extracted from that. If they gave away either, what are they for? I think Google are one of the few companies that you can 'trust' not to sell your data as it makes no sense commercially.

They might provide data to intelligence agencies if compelled. In fact, I'm certain they do. But that's true about all companies.

Google having all this data on you can be dangerous in other ways, though.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

They might provide data to intelligence agencies if compelled. In fact, I'm certain they do. But that's true about all companies.

Google and FB were probably set up by the intelligence agencies to trick people into voluntarily giving their personal data away. They're just elaborate fronts.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Has Google ever lived up to their "Don't be evil" pledge?

No

 

[8ball]

Has Google ever lived up to their "Don't be evil" pledge?

I think I dimly remember them managing an ambiguous period up to a few weeks after the IPO, but don't quote me.

 

[Chilli.s]

I think Google are one of the few companies that you can 'trust' not to sell your data as it makes no sense commercially.

At the moment maybe. But who knows what value this data could have in the future and who the potential customers for it are.

 

[Fez909]

At the moment maybe. But who knows what value this data could have in the future and who the potential customers for it are.

It already has value. It's made Google the third most valuable business in the world.

 

[stavros]

Apparently they dropped don't be evil in 2015.



Which is a bit more ambiguous really...

To be honest, the definition of evil is somewhat subjective.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I think Google are one of the few companies that you can 'trust' not to sell your data as it makes no sense commercially.

Let me know how this theory works out for you.