By the smart Casey Johnston.

caseyj:

What I didn’t say in the above article, but wanted to, is that Google and its new privacy policy that will let Google log and store data on everything you do with their services reminds me of the Spongebob Squarepants Movie. Stay with me.

In the movie, Plankton, the unquestionably evil character, gets ahold of the Krabby Patty’s cherished burger recipe, and starts selling those burgers at the Chum Bucket along with free souvenir buckets. People wear the buckets on their heads and it becomes a trend (I guess), until one day, Plankton flips a switch and the buckets clamp down on everyone’s heads, and surprise! The buckets are mind control devices. An unfair backhand slap of a plot turn, just like this privacy policy.