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Maybe I'm naive, but I used to work at Google and I'm 100% certain that back then if someone inside the company had used data in this way they would have been f

Maybe I'm naive, but I used to work at Google and I'm 100% certain that back then if someone inside the company had used data in this way they would have been fired unconditionally and immediately. Now I wonder whether the companies are different or the times are.

modzu 8y ago
ive also seen the reverse: a VP makes the request and it is never questioned if you value your job. the answer is always, "yes sir"
porpoisely 8y ago
Because google is any different from facebook? So sick of the google PR here. Facebook is following in google's footsteps. Anything facebook has done, google has done. Not only that, google has far greater ties to government and a particular political party. Google's real motto is "Be as evil as I can be". Facebook's motto is "Be like google".
- debatem1 8y ago
  The last line in the comment you responded to is, and I quote: "Now I wonder whether the companies are different or the times are." I think that makes it clear that I'm at least asking the question you lead with (but do not appear to have read far enough in what I wrote to see...). The accusation that I'm affiliated with Google PR is way off base and that should have been superficially obvious from what I wrote above. I suspect and hope, but cannot prove, that your other assertions are similarly wrong.
  - porpoisely 8y ago
    I answered your question. My assertion is that neither the times nor the companies are different. Google was always evil. And facebook has always followed in google's footsteps. And I wasn't accusing you of being part of Google's PR team. I'm saying I am sick of the google pr that I see here, especially in relation to facebook. Everytime people bring up facebook, someone always tries to imply google is better.
crowdpleaser 8y ago
>if someone inside the company had used data in this way they would have been fired unconditionally and immediately. Unless they're an exec, then they might negotiate an exit package or it wouldn't get to that point. Didn't the Google Exec who was most recently in the news for sexual misconduct misuse data?
- clubm8 8y ago
  >Didn't the Google Exec who was most recently in the news for sexual misconduct misuse data? I'm not aware of that angle but if you know more info I'd love to read about it.

modzu 8y ago

ive also seen the reverse: a VP makes the request and it is never questioned if you value your job. the answer is always, "yes sir"

porpoisely 8y ago

Because google is any different from facebook? So sick of the google PR here. Facebook is following in google's footsteps. Anything facebook has done, google has done. Not only that, google has far greater ties to government and a particular political party. Google's real motto is "Be as evil as I can be". Facebook's motto is "Be like google".

debatem1 8y ago
The last line in the comment you responded to is, and I quote: "Now I wonder whether the companies are different or the times are." I think that makes it clear that I'm at least asking the question you lead with (but do not appear to have read far enough in what I wrote to see...). The accusation that I'm affiliated with Google PR is way off base and that should have been superficially obvious from what I wrote above. I suspect and hope, but cannot prove, that your other assertions are similarly wrong.
- porpoisely 8y ago
  I answered your question. My assertion is that neither the times nor the companies are different. Google was always evil. And facebook has always followed in google's footsteps. And I wasn't accusing you of being part of Google's PR team. I'm saying I am sick of the google pr that I see here, especially in relation to facebook. Everytime people bring up facebook, someone always tries to imply google is better.

crowdpleaser 8y ago

>if someone inside the company had used data in this way they would have been fired unconditionally and immediately. Unless they're an exec, then they might negotiate an exit package or it wouldn't get to that point. Didn't the Google Exec who was most recently in the news for sexual misconduct misuse data?

clubm8 8y ago
>Didn't the Google Exec who was most recently in the news for sexual misconduct misuse data? I'm not aware of that angle but if you know more info I'd love to read about it.