I agree with Schmidt that our privacy is our own responsibility. That's why I am switching my search engine to DuckDuckGo and whitelisting JS and cookies in my browser to the bare minimum.
It's interesting when people make arguments like "people need to take personal responsibility." Politicians who say this tend to be getting paid by groups that support tobacco companies, gambling, fast food industry, and so on.
Schmidt's argument seems more along the lines of "hey, what we're doing is actually good for you and society." I don't always understand the thought process behind this type of argument. Do they really believe it, or do they just think they can fool us?
I am slightly confused. What is he saying? The compromise was wrong? Is it a sort of apology without being an apology? Or is he talking about something which has no relation to the net-neutrality debate, in which case, what on earth is he talking about?
As for transparency, the meetings between google and verizon were held in secret.
Thanks Eric!