Journal Jeremiah Cornelius's Journal: Google Comes Under Fire for 'Secret' Relationship with NSA 2
PCWorld reports that Consumer Watchdog - an advocacy group focused on privacy practices - sent a letter Monday, asking Representative Darrell Issa, the new chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, to investigate the relationship between Google and several government agencies. A Google spokeswoman questioned Consumer Watchdog's objectivity. Some groups have questioned the group's relationship with Google rival Microsoft. Consumer Watchdog gets no funding from Microsoft or any other Google competitor, said John Simpson, consumer advocate with the group. "We don't have any relationship with Microsoft at all," he said. "We don't take any of their money. Google's held itself to be the company that says its motto is, 'don't be evil,' and they also advocate openness for everyone else," he said. "We're trying to hold them to their own word."
Is that a secret at all? (Score:2)
Wasn't the person in charge of one of their early rounds of funding ex-NSA?
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Yeah. There is such a thing as "ex" spook. ;-)
Several folks involved in their tech side, too.