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> Nobody should ever be able to just download the entire table like that. Easily said, but even the NSA couldn't protect from an insider obtaining tons of inte

• oliwarner 8y ago
  Didn't not Couldn't. These access issues [commonly] aren't bugs, they're laziness. Shared volumes to speed up collaboration, no granular permissions, or relying on threat of access audit to keep people in line. In most of these networks, mechanisms exist that could have limited access to those that need it. And part of that is the technological culture of how we've been taught to share files. We still commonly rely on third parties to handle big transfers.
• brazzledazzle 8y ago
  Often it’s a conscious tradeoff between convenience and security. Google can afford the best off the shelf data loss prevention tools as well as the budget to develop their own. The problem with having your code/assets locked up like Fort Knox is that it becomes a nightmare for your employees. Even if you just have passive systems that prompt investigations about questionable usage people tend to bristle at being spied on, particularly if you remind them of that fact.