Michael T. Jones is the technology ambassador of Google, and in one intervened recently granted to a television station in Australia, he talked about Google, Apple, But and Microsoft. Jones claims that he trusts the way the 3 companies manage users' personal data, although Google has been investigated many times for the way it works with this type of data. He says that all 3 organizations are built around decent people who want to help users, not take advantage of the data provided by them.
I think it's a matter of you only work with people that you trust," Jones said when pressed on whether he sees any danger in these large organizations holding an increasing amount of data on individual behaviors. "I certainly trust Apple, and I trust Google, and I trust Microsoft, for that matter. These are not corrupt organizations; these are nice people trying to serve you. In the case of Google, everyone does it voluntarily. You do a search, you could have gone to somebody else; you came to us. If you thought we might betray you, you wouldn't come to us. So we stand to lose $30 billion or more the moment people lose trust in us.
Speaking about iOS 6 Maps, Jones said, more jokingly, more seriously, that users are risking their lives using Apple's system and referred to the cases in which the police in Australia warned users not to use the application. It is normal to hear a Google employee recommending users to avoid iOS 6 Maps, and it is normal for there to be competition between the two companies, and Google Maps currently has the most advanced free geolocation service.
