Everytime I here the tired old debate about ‘I know I’m doing nothing dodgy, so I have nothing to hide’ it really makes me squirm. Do you really wish to entrust Google with every aspect of your internet life? Do you know or have you ever met anyone from this company? I suspect not, yet you, James and many others will happily give somebody the ability to know exactly what you have been looking at.

What about if your browsing habits happened matched those of a suspected terrorist? Your wife was browsing for some hydrogen peroxide and you had been considering buying a family size tub of fertiliser and before you know it theres a knock at the door and you’re off to guantanomo for a spot of blind mans buff with the resident Wrottweilers.

Lastly, In the immortal words of Mr J. Orlin Grabbe, (http://www.aci.net/kalliste/Anonymit.htm)
“Can I have a copy of your latest bank statement?
“Where do you live?
“Can you supply me with photos of your children?”

Again I suspect the answer is no, so please save the ‘nothing to hide’ crap and save yourself some privacy before its too late.

What I’m a little bit more concerned about is things like Google caching web pages and websites like archive.org which while they have a very good use, they will also cache things like Myspace comments and Bebo comments (and presumably this comment) which means they could technically be around for ever more. I’m only 20 at the moment, but say in 20 years time, would I really want my kids reading everything I’ve ever done? Not because it’s anything bad, but because they will learn what a boring person their father was, but you see my point..!