[citation][nom]Prince_Porter[/nom]Who ares if data is being sent to Google? If you're worried about your data being sent to them, you're either doing things you shouldn't be (and are too stupid to know they still wouldn't use the data against you), and/or need to get a life.[/citation]
Ahh the "you have nothing to hide if you're not doing anything wrong" argument. How many times has this been proven wrong by history? Just who gets to decide what is right and wrong? Those in charge? How often is that power abused? Just look at all the countless improper uses of National Security letters.
I think people are overreacting a bit, but legitimately concerned that Google growing rapidly does not turn into another Microsoft/Intel with its own interests first and public interest last if at all. Mostly because it is so tightly interwoven into what we see and do, how we live our lives.
Having so much centralized access to data about the world, our neighborhood, city, even our lives is both wonderful and frightening. Someone with a real agenda could wreak a lot of havoc on our personal freedoms.