> what makes you think any in-house version would be any better for
privacy?
Well, it's a personal value judgement what is "better" of course, but
for me being British, I see my government as having some legitimate
interest in what I am doing, especially when transacting with them.
On the other hand, a gargantuan for-profit American corporation that
enriches it's shareholders and was once run by Eric Schmidt, whose
legendary face-palm gaffes buried "Don't be Evil" under a smoking heap
of sulphurous brimstone....
"We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or
less know what you’re thinking about"
No thanks!
My government may be a sneaky bunch of bastards, but so far they've
had the good manners not to openly show utter contempt for privacy.
