Reaction to Google crawling forms

I posted yesterday about Google crawling forms and have been keeping a close eye on others reactions to this news.

I’m not surprised to read some are not so happy about this news. For example a post on Search Engine Watch states Google is a clear and present danger to corporate data privacy.

It is true that Google is trying to map the invisible web as it is now but I disagree that this should cause a danger to corporate data privacy. We’re not talking about a brute force attack by a piece of software like John the Ripper and in any case if this data isn’t for public eyes then why is it so easily to get hold of? Simply adding a quick Captcha will stop GoogleBot in it’s tracks. Maybe the people who are worried about this should review how they are making the information available.