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>Well, if an employee can access that data then they can access it. Yes; but just because an employee can access data doesn't mean that they can just do anythi
by NovemberWhiskey 7y ago
>Well, if an employee can access that data then they can access it.
Yes; but just because an employee can access data doesn't mean that they can just do anything they like with it, does it?
The complaint from Google seems to be that access was used to harass, leak personal information and surveil the actions of other employees.
If that's true, then "well, you gave me access" doesn't seem like a strong defense.
- itronitron 7y agoYes, the memo from Google makes it seem that, however they don't just come out and say it clearly... probably because they can't, or can't yet, confirm who leaked what if anything. An interesting question for Google to answer would be how many Google employees have accessed/crawled all the internal data. Considering the sort of talent, curiosity, and technical skills that Google hires I would expect that the four fired workers are not unique in that regard.
- ddalex 7y agoThey imply it. Perhaps they can show that the crawled data matches exactly the leak, but they can't find the smoking gun among these 4 - the twin robbers paradox.