Maybe I had too high expectations for a service from a company whose mantra But now I feel as if I need to keep in the back of my head that Google could be using every word of what I say to try to sell me something, or to build an ever increasingly more comprehensive virtual picture of my real self.

 A little tinfoil hat? Maybe. But in this day and age, I think it's a valid concern: Online privacy seems to have taken a backseat to profiteering and data collection, and that stinks.

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