Google has had an awkward week when it comes to its users’ privacy. Just as it was touting recent changes to its privacy tools and policies, word leaked out that (a) one of its engineers had snooped on Google users and (b) the company plans to introduce a new set of social-networking features.That’s not the timing the company could have wanted when it began booking ads for its “privacy tools” (there might be one right above this post) and inviting tech reporters to stop by its D.C. offices for a series of briefings.
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