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It's a sign of a major issue with their corporate philosophy. Essentially, Google is in the "get the world by the balls" phase of their business plan, and they're just waiting to see if anyone's going to make them squeeze.
The trio formed the Sad Boys collective, with Sherm and Gud on production and Lean manning the mic. Google's history of anti-social social networks and anti-trust trust relations that deceptively breach online consumer privacy and trust has already begun to threaten its longstanding web hegemony and its vaunted brand. Google sees it all and stores it for at least nine months. Connect to your existing Cracked account if you have one or create a new Cracked username. Now the company's repeatedly defensive and dishonest responses to charges that its specially equipped Street View cars surreptitiously collected private internet communications – including emails, photographs, passwords, chat messages, and postings on websites and social networks – could signal a tipping point.
Google's response to the FCC was not unusual. Worst case scenario, they knew exactly what they were doing, and just didn't care because they didn't have to care. “Affect” vs. “Effect”: Use The Correct Word Every Time. The really interesting battle will happen if the Justice Department decides to follow through on its plans to make Google this decade's Microsoft. Why? If we had the money and influence Google enjoys, you can bet we'd flaunt the shit out of it. Of course, we don't have to ask you to imagine if Google actually decided to screw their users. Google's many products work better the more it knows about you. Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google for its part has responded to the claims by doing a creepily accurate impression of Microsoft in the 90s. Google Ads are responsible for 97 percent of their billions of dollars of revenues.
Couple Google's paranoia about Facebook and the evident failure of its latest social network, Google Plus, with its problems about privacy, trust and anti-trust, and it's no surprise that executives are feeling paranoid. Many of the stricken bloggers received no warning whatsoever, which is in direct violation of Google's own policy. Some of them had deals with record labels and bands. That's how Google is able to maintain a near monopoly in online advertising despite never having used a single boob.
Best case scenario, they panicked in the face of competition. Consumer advocate group Privacy International says nine months is the best case scenario. If Coca-Cola changed the slogan from "Enjoy" to "Don't Commit Rape," everyone would assume they were dissolving date rape pills in Diet Cokes.