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> Definitively yes, and not just high-ranking ones. > I can only think that they essentially did "SELECT * WHERE lastname = 'myname'", spammed all the availabl

> Definitively yes, and not just high-ranking ones. > I can only think that they essentially did "SELECT * WHERE lastname = 'myname'", spammed all the available e-mail address I'm pretty sure that's what they did, except they probably did something like trawl external 3rd party databases in order to find your email address. It's a huge leap to go from "definitely yes" to "I can only think". Although I don't approve of it, leaking your email account -> name infromation is very easy to inadvertently do, and I am sure that there's a huge wall between recruiting and Google PII.

ManlyBread 10y ago
The e-mail account in question is very rarely used for signups. None of the services - except for Google ones - contain my actual name. As a rule of thumb I simply do not do it. Google is the only company where the name / e-mail association is clear. I can't think about a single other source of information that could have lead a google recruiter to my e-mail address aside from the data that Google itself has. Call it circumstantial evidence, but to me it's very clear what happened there.
- jimmywanger 10y ago
  > The e-mail account in question is very rarely used for signups.... > I can't think about a single other source of information... It only takes one slip up. > Call it circumstantial evidence, but to me it's very clear what happened there. You sort of have to pick one. Google is paranoid about PII. Most recruiters at Google are contractors, not allowed to access any PII. Heck, even as a high level engineer/manager, you're not allowed to see PII unless you have a specific business reason or work on an abuse or security team where you have business reasons to see the information, and even then the access is logged and traced. My question for you is, even if you believe this is the case, are you still using Google services?

ManlyBread 10y ago

The e-mail account in question is very rarely used for signups. None of the services - except for Google ones - contain my actual name. As a rule of thumb I simply do not do it. Google is the only company where the name / e-mail association is clear. I can't think about a single other source of information that could have lead a google recruiter to my e-mail address aside from the data that Google itself has. Call it circumstantial evidence, but to me it's very clear what happened there.

jimmywanger 10y ago
> The e-mail account in question is very rarely used for signups.... > I can't think about a single other source of information... It only takes one slip up. > Call it circumstantial evidence, but to me it's very clear what happened there. You sort of have to pick one. Google is paranoid about PII. Most recruiters at Google are contractors, not allowed to access any PII. Heck, even as a high level engineer/manager, you're not allowed to see PII unless you have a specific business reason or work on an abuse or security team where you have business reasons to see the information, and even then the access is logged and traced. My question for you is, even if you believe this is the case, are you still using Google services?