Same problem in academia: from my research regarding academics who work on privacy+ethics+surveillance both in computer science and social studies, you’d be surprised (-or not-) by how many have been/are funded, or in some way are related to Google.
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I’d be curious to know more. We’ve been studying privacy attitudes for a while, and we’ve never even been approached. I have my own ideas as of why

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“Google has paid scholars millions to produce hundreds of papers supporting its policy interests, following in the footsteps of the oil and tobacco industries.” http://www.googletransparencyproject.org/articles/google-academics-inc … Your not being approached makes me want to learn more about your work :) CC
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Hi Aral, just out of curiosity (and not expressing a side in this one): how do you feel about "taking money from the bad to help out the good"? Is that paving the way to hell?
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You answer me: how much would you trust Greenpeace if they took a billion dollars from Exxon Mobil? Money is influence.
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Given that analogy, I'd say that the promise of future money buys even more influence. Which is something that I'd worry less about in the Greenpeace / Exxon Mobile case than in the Google+Facebook / Privacy as a human rights conference case.
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(I'd worry less about the Greenpeace case because I'd expect Greenpeace to say "thanks for the money, bye now!" - while I wouldn't expect that of any conference in need of sponsoring.)
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