Explained: Privacy washing

Question: Who said the sentence below?

“Privacy is at the heart of everything we do.”

Answer: Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet and its largest subsidiary Google. And if you look at the recent actions Google has announced, you’d be tempted to take his word for it:

• An initiative to let Chrome hide your IP address.


• Strengthening the safeguard measures for Google Workspace customers.


• 
  Changing data retention practices to make auto-delete the default.

But at the same time, …

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