Ed Foster wonders whether it has struck anyone else that Google has been rather weak-kneed in its response to the court order requiring it to turn over YouTube viewing logs to Viacom? “I’m not willing to buy the assurances of Google, Viacom, or the court that our privacy rights are going to be honored with any data that changes hands here,” Foster contends in this installment of Gripe Line. “But this case is really all about Google and how much we can trust that company. Since the order does violate existing privacy laws, there’s got to be plenty of ways Google can find to defy it.” And there’s more at stake than just one multi-billion dollar lawsuit, Foster argues. “The time has come for Google to show us whether it really can be trusted with all the deeply personal stuff it collects and saves about us all.” Security