But they give no quarter on the expensive physical security features and suggest that states deal with privacy concerns on their own.

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Much of the venom is reserved for policy changes, such as confusing updates to privacy settings, but the tweaks to the physical look of the site also generate a lot of feedback.

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"The physical environment of the emergency room is famous for lack of privacy, for loud, confusing sounds and for very rapid and changing staff interaction, " says Dr. Thomas, a professor at the Erickson School at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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To ensure that our privacy remains at least as strong online as it is in the physical world, Google needs to do more.

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