This comment is theoretically readable by billions of people, I'd be most surprised, even if I made the most outrageous comment, that anything more than a few d

This comment is theoretically readable by billions of people, I'd be most surprised, even if I made the most outrageous comment, that anything more than a few down votes would occur. No its not confidential, but its an after dinner speech. Such things generally don't make headlines, or even get reported on at all. You're right in that I don't think he thought it was a big deal, he had tailored the speed to a certain demographic, but it didn't stay 'private' within that demographic as he had expected.