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Googlers voice stinging critique of company's actions on privacy in previously unreported internal interviews made public by US judge

By Mike Swift ( October 26, 2022, 00:26 GMT | Insight) -- Many Google employees and executives believe the company is failing its users on privacy as it persists with practices that are opaque, overly invasive, and that push the limits of personal data use to target ads, according to a series of soul-searching internal interview excerpts that have emerged into public view through litigation. A recently unsealed order by a federal judge quoted those nearly three dozen stinging critiques offered by an array of Googlers who also call out CEO Sundar Pichai and founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin for not caring enough about user privacy. The judge's release of the interview information has not been previously reported.Many Google employees and executives believe the company is failing its users on privacy as it persists with practices that are opaque, overly invasive, and that push the limits of personal data use to target ads, according to a series of soul-searching internal interview excerpts that have emerged into public view through litigation....

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