Why One Tech Security Expert Is Increasingly Worried About Google

Google is losing allies across the political spectrum

Antitrust sentiment grows, so does skepticism about Google on both the left and the right.

Why I’m Saying Goodbye to Apple, Google and Microsoft

I’m done sending my money and data to corporations I don’t trust

Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers. Now Some Are Thinking of Cutting It Off.

Reddit, Politico and others are weighing how—or even if—they can work with the tech company as AI tools supplant traditional searches.

Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers. Now Some Are Thinking of Cutting It Off.

Reddit, Politico and others are weighing how—or even if—they can work with the tech company as AI tools supplant traditional searches.

Privacy concerns with Google

Privacy concerns with Google include a wide range of issues and controversies related to collection, use, and sharing of user data across Google products, services, and platforms, including Google Search. Since the mid-2000s, civil liberties organizations and government regulators have criticized and taken action against Google related to Internet privacy issues in its data collection and data retention policies, web tracking practices, cooperation with intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies, and other activities. These concerns are a frequent theme in criticism of Google.

Google Fights Back

At Google I/O, Google was the opposite of defensive: the company set out to make the case that its approach made for better products that makes people’s lives better

Reasons not to use Google

Google is forcing its bullshit generator, Gemini, on many users of Gmail without asking them, and not even offering the users a way to deactivate it.

Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed

As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul.

Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed

As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul.

The Comprehensive Guide to Quitting Google

Despite all the convenience and quality of Google’s sprawling ecosystem, some users are fed up with the fishy privacy policies the company has recentl

Google is its own worst enemy

In its bid to push AI, it’s destroying its products and trying to kill the web too

What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now

Serving as a signal of a taste in the courts and among the public to have tech companies bear some of the costs of harm that they have allegedly caused, the recent verdict against Meta and Google in California says a lot about the central anxieties of our time.

Building the safety foundations for India’s agentic future

Last year, through Google’s Safety Charter for India’s AI-led transformation, we set out our commitment to building trust into India’s digital growth. We also showed how…

Google’s Chrome Antitrust Paradox

This Article examines Google’s dominance of the browser market, highlighting how Google’s Chrome browser plays a critical role in reinforcing Google’s dominance in other markets. While Google portrays Chrome as a neutral platform built on open-source technologies, this Article shows that Chrome is, in fact, instrumental in Google’s strategy to reinforce its dominance in the online advertising, publishing, and browser markets. The examination of Google’s strategic acquisitions, anticompetitive practices, and the implementation of so-called “privacy controls” underlines that Chrome is far from a neutral gateway to the web. Rather, it serves as a key tool for Google to maintain and extend its market power, often to the detriment of competition and innovation in the digital economy.This Article illustrates how Chrome not only bolsters Google’s position in online advertising and publishing through practices such as coercion and self-preferencing, but also leverages its advertising clout to engage in a “pay-to-play” paradigm—the cornerstone of Google’s larger strategy of market control. It also outlines potential regulatory interventions and remedies by drawing on historical antitrust precedents. Lastly, this Article proposes a triad of solutions motivated by an analysis of Google’s abuse of Chrome, including behavioral remedies targeting specific anticompetitive practices, structural remedies involving an internal separation of Google’s divisions, and divestiture of Chrome from Google into an independent organization.Despite Chrome’s dominance and its critical role in Google’s ecosystem, as well as its recent legal troubles with the Department of Justice, it so far has avoided significant antitrust action. A key reason for this inaction lies in the long-standing precedent supporting the hegemony of technology firms and the uncertainty surrounding Chrome’s viability as a standalone entity. This Article attempts to address these issues to enable antitrust actions that are essential in remedying current market imbalances. Such actions are also critical to mitigate future threats to competition from an increasingly monopolistic technology landscape, thereby fostering a competitive digital environment that promotes innovation and protects consumer interests.

Investor money vs. public interest: did Google fail to build a non-evil platform?

Don’t be evil. That was Google’s official motto, until recently.

Top 5 Limitations of Google BeyondCorp | Twingate

Google BeyondCorp pioneered Zero Trust at scale—but it was built for Google. Here are the top 5 limitations for organizations trying to apply it themselves.