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Yeah phones are essentially the same stuff. And it's definetly not OK and scary to not be able to trust a device you (have to) use daily.

> I’d argue that people tell google far far more confidential information via search than they ever will say out loud.

This last point made me somehow reconsider my stance. The profiles already built up by search queries and gmails are probably more accurate already than it will ever be with GH, it will be just another few datapoints to more accurately describe a random person. But I still think it's inane to put another channel in our daily lives by these devices.




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