An Ode to Google
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-07-19 16:01:34 UTC
- Modified: 2020-07-19 16:01:34 UTC
Teaser ahead of tomorrow's publication, based on police FOIA
Summary: Surveillance giant Google deserves a little poem; tomorrow we'll have some interesting material to show about how Google works with and for law enforcement
THE garage grew bigger
It then became too small
The credit cards were maxed
So VCs played ball
The logo was changed
A new mission crept
A few years passed
You became the Pentagon's pet
Do no evil
Evil is the doodoo
You tell us you're a public service
But we can see what you do do
Android contains Linux
So quiet we all keep
GSoC pays some developers
Their salary is like a tip
A genius of perception shaping
The Web you keep extending
Everything other than Chrome (or derivatives)
Will eventually be ending
Urchin became Analytics
Plus became a minus
When surveillance doesn't pay
It's put on eternal hiatus
Monopolies are good
Truly a public utility
If you don't believe it yet
Just ask Bell and BT
The network is evolving
Our packets you're absorbing
What's invisible is "dark"
We're all criminals and dogs as soon as we bark
Police likes to "Google it"
Failing that, Google serves it on a DVD
If you don't know what we mean
Tomorrow thou shalt see
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