> Similarly, there are lots of reasons why improving the security of google is a good thing _even if_ you think google itself is evil.

Especially when you consider the fact that a lot of stuff that Google security researchers do directly affects and influences (for the better, I'd say) the current industry too. See: Project Zero team, etc.

Disclaimer: I work at Google. Opinions are my own, etc etc

> a lot of stuff that Google security researchers do directly affects and influences (for the better, I'd say) the current industry too. See: Project Zero team, etc.

Yeah, and a lot of stuff that Google security researchers do directly affects and influences (for the worse, I'd say) the current (and future) users.

Perhaps. Security teams in general (including the ones at Google) are in the business of compromises. Sometimes they end up making the wrong ones. Many of the people I know who are at Google joined, at least in part, to be in a position to help the company do better.

Disclaimer: I work on security there.

Never mind google maps, its pretty easy to tell yourself google project zero is a social good.