In response to my anti-Google mini exposé, a friend sent me this article from The Onion:

“‘We would like to extend our deepest apologies to each and every one of you,’ announced CEO Eric Schmidt, speaking from the company’s Googleplex headquarters. ‘Clearly there have been some privacy concerns as of late, and judging by some of the search terms we’ve seen, along with the tens of thousands of personal e-mail exchanges and Google Chat conversations we’ve carefully examined, it looks as though it might be a while before we regain your trust.’”

Ha.