Re: Firmware?
Once your data is shared with Google, does it really matter if it is shared again with China?
If the US gets an authoritarian government (errr...) that forces tech companies to share the data they are collecting with the NSA, that's much more of a direct threat to a US/UK/EU resident than the Chinese government doing the same.
I'd argue that between the two, you're better off "sharing" your data with that random Chinese IP address than Google HQ.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
