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Re: de-Googling yourself: Goldman Sachs paid $6 million to try to get its [soon-to-be] former chief counsel Kathryn Ruemmler's Google search results highlighti
by bookofjoe 5mo ago
Re: de-Googling yourself:
Goldman Sachs paid $6 million to try to get its [soon-to-be] former chief counsel Kathryn Ruemmler's Google search results highlighting her close friendship and many-years-long association with Jeffrey Epstein off the first few pages of results.
Today, the first result on the first page of a Google search for her is the opening paragraph of her Wikipedia biography:
>Kathryn H. Ruemmler (born April 19, 1971) is an American attorney who was principal deputy White House counsel and then White House Counsel to President Barack Obama.[1] Previously a partner at Latham and Watkins co-chairing its white-collar defense group,[2] Ruemmler joined Goldman Sachs in 2020 and was Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel.[3] She announced her resignation from this position in February 2026, effective at the end of June, over her links to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.[4][5][6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Ruemmler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Ruemmler
>How a Secretive Firm Tried (and Failed) to Fix an Epstein Friend’s Tattered Image
https://archive.ph/Biztm https://archive.ph/Biztm
- thfuran 5mo agoI'm not sure what your point is.
- bookofjoe 5mo agoWrote tomaytotomato 3 hours ago: >If you want a stretch goal try and de-Google yourself, I have tried but failed twice now. My point is that even with unlimited resources it's impossible to de-Google yourself.
- BenjiWiebe 5mo agoDe-Googling (in this context at least) means not running Google software on your phone. No Google Play Services always running in the background, plus not using Google apps.
- bookofjoe 5mo agoAh. I misinterpreted "de-Googling." It is refreshing, though, to know that the cranky folks of HN still downvote honest mistakes.
- tomaytotomato 5mo agoYes as BenjiWiebe said. I was meaning more removing your reliance on Google in your life for search, photos, entertainment. You can start small with Duckduckgo etc.