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Re:Google accused of 'trust demolition' over health app by bagacrap on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:13PM (#18451514)
I really don't see the connection between Facebook and Google. Track record on privacy is totally different between the two. No matter how many times I hear about cambridge analytica, my opinion of google will be unaffected.
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Re:Google accused of 'trust demolition' over health app by aylmao on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:14PM (#18452202)
I once heard a Google employee mention this himself, specifically after the Google+ breach coverup came to light: "Honestly, I don't think it was the right thing to do but it definitely was the better business move. And announcing the deprecation today definitely tries to cover it up. We just have a better PR team."

I'm not claiming one is better than the other and that's not a discussion to have today, but I agree with him 100%. Google, after all, invented the business does have a hell of a PR team.

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