>It's incredibly dumb to explicitly discuss avoiding leading a paper trail with respect to subjects where litigation is imminent or already in progress. I'd sa

>It's incredibly dumb to explicitly discuss avoiding leading a paper trail with respect to subjects where litigation is imminent or already in progress. I'd say it's incredibly dumb to do that on a platform that can record the interaction. I never understood why folks use platforms like slack/email/etc. to discuss stuff they don't want others to know about. The ideal for that, of course, is to have in-person conversations in a place either known to be free of surveillance and/or difficult to surveil. Failing that, assuming you trust the other party (which, in a case like the one we're discussing, you'd think would be the case), an unrecorded telephone call (yes, you can actually still do that) will work in a pinch. I don't know how many times (many, though), I've met with someone in person or spoken via telephone about stuff that might be less than flattering (for me, at least, nothing illegal/unethical -- usually more about discussing my or the other party's activities/behavior that might reflect poorly on either of us or the organization) to avoid any record of such conversation. I'm not suggesting that people should organize/discuss unethical/illegal things on any platform (in person included). Rather, I am surprised that folks have and continue to do so on recorded (or even potentially recordable) media. Especially someone as obviously (how else could he have come to head GOOG) smart and savvy as Pichai. It's not like this is something new, is it? Edit: Removed extraneous text.