3 ms·

"They might mess up" is not a 'conspiracy theory' in any conceivable sense of that used and abused term. I don't think the competency of any organization of pe

• hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
  You're correct, with that comment I was more referring to the original "Wanna bet it's just "marked" as deleted, and actually stored forever, to be served in response to any subpoena?" than your post. And while I agree that all organizations can make mistakes, I think it's more important to look at the structure and incentives of any company to see how reasonable those risks are: 1. Google knows they collect a ton of data on people, and they have giant, giant financial incentives to keep that data secure. 2. Google is profitable enough that they can have huge teams focused on data security and integrity (a smaller company may have the same financial incentives to keep data secure, but not the resources to back it up) 3. Google is large and established enough that they can ensure real rigor in their processes (again, as opposed to some rando company that did just enough to pass their SOC 2 audit). Again, mistakes can be made but we all pretty much take risks every day (banking, getting in a car, getting on a plane, getting in an elevator, etc. etc.), and I think the risk of Google fucking this up is lower than failure of a lot of those other systems.