So then, if the hand feeds you, give it a nice lick

Stanford Promises Not to Use Google Money for Privacy Research - ProPublica

"Stanford's Center for Internet and Society has long been generously funded by Google, but the center's privacy research has proved damaging to the search giant in the past two years. Two years ago a researcher at the center helped uncover Google privacy violations that led to the company paying a record $22.5 million fine."