Google: A Small Discontinuity
March 20, 2014
I read the BBC summary of Larry Page’s TED interview. You can find the BBC write up in this story: “Ted 2014: Larry Page on Google’s Robotic Future.” The statement in the allegedly accurate article I noted is [emphasis added by me]:
Mr Page was also asked about the Edward Snowden revelations, following a surprise appearance from the whistle-blower at Ted. “It is disappointing that the government secretly did this stuff and didn’t tell us about it,” said Mr Page. “It is not possible to have a democracy if we have to protect our users from the government. The government has done itself a tremendous disservice and we need to have a debate about it,” he added.
Clear enough, if accurate.
Next, I noted “US Tech Giants Knew of NSA Data Collection, Agency’s Top Lawyer Insists.” Again I don’t know if the information in the Guardian article is accurate. Nevertheless, I noted this passage:
Asked during a Wednesday hearing of the US government’s institutional privacy watchdog if collection under the law, known as Section 702 or the Fisa Amendments Act, occurred with the “full knowledge and assistance of any company from which information is obtained,” De replied: “Yes.” [Rajesh De is the NSA general counsel]
The Guardian story then tosses in:
Google, Microsoft, Facebook and AOL – claimed they did not know about a surveillance practice described as giving NSA vast access to their customers’ data. Some, like Apple, said they had “never heard” the term Prism.
A small thing. A discontinuity. Probably just a misunderstanding. It is more fun to think about Google smart watches, Google balloons, and improving “search.” Precision, recall, accuracy—hmmm.
Stephen E Arnold, March 290, 2014
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