Google deliberately hid its data collection practices from users

Evidence

Zuboff (2019) recounts in her book that Google adopted a “hiding strategy” to keep users in the dark about the extent of their data collection practices. — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 534

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Free digital tools are false generosity masking data exploitation — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 536; Most people show no awareness of having their search results manipulated; Google engineered its methods specifically to claim data users intentionally withheld — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 250 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Google publicly misrepresented data retention as technological inevitability. #expands (0.88) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 58
• Google engineered its methods specifically to claim data users intentionally withheld #corroborates (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 250
• Google’s secrecy was necessary to hide its unilateral seizure of user data #expands (0.82) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 282
• Google’s patents explicitly aimed to circumvent users’ decision rights over their data #corroborates (0.80) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 249
• Google reframed systemic data capture as one engineer’s isolated mistake #expands (0.78) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 455