I'm not sure if you're referring to the suicide cults in Japan, but if you are then you're confusing Japan and China. That's not too different from confusing the Spanish and the Portuguese or Canadians and Americans.
Just because they're geographically close and perhaps similar in appearance, doesn't remove the fact that they're rather different culturally. I bet any one of them would take offence to being called the other.
I can't understand why people spring to Google's defence as if they are employees or shareholders whenever issues regarding the search giant pop up here. There are two issues here that people seem to be upset about:
Google is taking mining of personal information a step further by storing individuals' information that was not intentionally put there on their servers.
The legal implications of having information stored by Google rather than only on your computer mean that only a lightweight subpoena is required rather than a hefty court-issued search warrant. The result of this is that the legal requirements for getting hold of one's personal documents are less.
As has been mentioned here, Google, while a large influential company that makes our lives simpler, is still bound by the laws of the countries in which they operate. The company is run by individuals who are open to corruption (since nobody's perfect). Most people would think twice before leaving their PCs unlocked if they walk away from their desks (rather than trusting their colleagues), but a disturbing majority of people here seem to have blind faith in a company simply because they have a "Don't be evil" motto.
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I'm not sure if you're referring to the suicide cults in Japan, but if you are then you're confusing Japan and China. That's not too different from confusing the Spanish and the Portuguese or Canadians and Americans.
Just because they're geographically close and perhaps similar in appearance, doesn't remove the fact that they're rather different culturally. I bet any one of them would take offence to being called the other.
I can't understand why people spring to Google's defence as if they are employees or shareholders whenever issues regarding the search giant pop up here. There are two issues here that people seem to be upset about:
As has been mentioned here, Google, while a large influential company that makes our lives simpler, is still bound by the laws of the countries in which they operate. The company is run by individuals who are open to corruption (since nobody's perfect). Most people would think twice before leaving their PCs unlocked if they walk away from their desks (rather than trusting their colleagues), but a disturbing majority of people here seem to have blind faith in a company simply because they have a "Don't be evil" motto.