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I mean, who's to say that isn't the case. The blog might still exist on Google's side, and it's just been quarantined or otherwise looks like it's been deleted
by parent5446 10y ago
I mean, who's to say that isn't the case. The blog might still exist on Google's side, and it's just been quarantined or otherwise looks like it's been deleted from the outside.
- 67726e 10y agoThe point is not the "soft delete" vs "hard delete" but their total lack of transparency or customer support. It doesn't matter to the end user the difference if all outward appearance is that the blog was deleted.
- Sleaker 10y agoIf there's any legal thing going on they wont be able to make any statements on it anyway...
- Karunamon 10y ago"Due to ongoing litigation we are unable to comment" would still be valuable in that case. Radio silence on the other hand, is not acceptable.
- tener 10y agoIn some jurisdictions it is illegal to let your client know they are being secretely investigated. Such statement may interfere with the investigation - they may destroy the evidence etc.
- Karunamon 10y agoIf that's actually what's happening. Google's policy seems to be radio silence in all cases.
- lotharbot 10y ago> "Google's policy seems to be radio silence in all cases" This may be an intentional decision to cooperate with law enforcement. If they only go silent in the case of ongoing investigations, then "Google went silent" functions in the same way as "the warrant canary disappeared" does for other sites, which could in theory jeopardize an investigation.
- 67726e 10y agoThey don't say a damned thing anytime your account gets nuked. Hell, when I tried buying a Nexus 4 it mysteriously never shipped and I only could get in touch with a robot support person. I said fuck it, cancelled the order, and went to a T-Mobile store. Never bothered to deal with them again.
- tedunangst 10y ago"Torch everything" is perhaps a poor way to convey you mean "soft delete".