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I think google manned up well on this one. They will always have this problem. At least it seems they have less (that we know off) incidents than the government
by nkassis 16y ago
I think google manned up well on this one. They will always have this problem. At least it seems they have less (that we know off) incidents than the government does. It's pretty incredible how many stories of government employees snooping (even selling it to organize crime) information stored in their databases.
- jacquesm 16y agoThat was my first take as well, but after reading up a bit on it it seems that they tried to make it go away by not charging him, when if you look at the severity of this case they had every reason to. So they tried to sweep it under the rug by just letting the guy go. If an employee of mine had ever snooped on end-user data and would have used that data in order to get real-world effects in the lives of those users I'm fairly sure I would have registered a complaint with law enforcement. Google has their 'image' to be aware of, but in this case just letting the guy go may not be the best way to preserve that image.
- jonknee 16y agoNot that I have any information, but it could be that the parties affected did not want to pursue legal action. All we know about the story is a quote from Google and a speculative article from Gawker.