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Your speculation appears to be on the money as Brin and his wife are living apart... and another Googler is involved. "Brin and Wojcicki, both 40 years old, ha

by yapcguy 13y ago

Your speculation appears to be on the money as Brin and his wife are living apart... and another Googler is involved. "Brin and Wojcicki, both 40 years old, had been married for six years and have two children. They are not yet legally separated. The possibility of a reconciliation of the pair is unclear, since Brin has become romantically involved with a Google employee, according to sources. This is further complicated by the fact that that employee had also at one point been involved with another Googler."[1] [1] http://allthingsd.com/20130828/google-co-founder-sergey-brin-and-23andme-co-founder-anne-wojcicki-have-split/ http://allthingsd.com/20130828/google-co-founder-sergey-brin...

spartango 13y ago
This is some nasty, tabloid-esque "reporting". It shows little respect for Brin or his wife, regardless of what the situation is. I wish we could not promote or spread this kind of rubbish, as it's not healthy at all.
- davidu 13y ago
  In this situation, the reporter(s) at AllThingsD actually have much more detail (as they have clarified on Twitter) but haven't shared out of respect for the folks involved.
- yapcguy 13y ago
  A British tabloid did a number on Eric Schmidt recently, calling him a "love rat" with "a string of exotic lovers". http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2371719/Googles-Eric-Schmidts-open-marriage-string-exotic-lovers.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2371719/Googles-Eric... Is this kind of reporting any worse than the paid-for-fluff pieces in TechCrunch, PandoDaily and Wired?
  - cududa 13y ago
    This story is a rehash of a 6 year old story.
  - eliasmacpherson 13y ago
    Ahem, I can think of noone more deserving of a hack job than the originator of this quote: "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." Bravo for the Daily Mail!
    - yapcguy 13y ago
      It's a Sergey Brin love Quadrangle according to an Aussie paper - with names and photos: "an office romance that is being blamed for a split between co-founder Sergey Brin and his wife, and the sudden resignation of another senior male executive who was the former boyfriend of Brin's new love interest." http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/sergey-brin-love-quadrangle-blamed-for-google-executives-sudden-departure-20130829-2st1m.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/sergey-brin... If you want to go tabloid, there's Gawker: http://valleywag.gawker.com/meet-the-google-founders-mistress-1219044247 http://valleywag.gawker.com/meet-the-google-founders-mistres...
    - magicalist 13y ago
      When your reaction is "bravo for the daily mail", that's your clue that you've missed something. The full quote is "I think judgment matters. If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place. But if you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines, including Google, do retain this information for some time. And it’s important, for example, that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act. It is possible that information could be made available to the authorities." He was trying to have that conversation years before Snowden's leaks, and look at the reward he got: people claiming he hates privacy even though he's giving you exact information on how google cannot be your confidant when the US government is involved, and to look elsewhere if you need that. Not many CEOs are that frank, but look what happened. Gawker quoted only that single sentence out of that whole paragraph, and everyone (even the EFF[1]) quoted Gawker, so as far as someone reading those stories would know, that's all he said. With that kind of coverage (and "advocacy" groups like Consumer Watchdog egging it on), we should know exactly why more CEOs don't speak that frankly, and why all we get is corporate non-speak instead. [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/12/google-ceo-eric-schmidt-dismisses-privacy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/12/google-ceo-eric-schmid...
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- nailer 13y ago
  It's awfully unfair on Brin's girlfriend too. Being involved with someone who is separated is very different from being involved with someone who is married and still living with their partner.

by yapcguy 13y ago

spartango 13y ago

This is some nasty, tabloid-esque "reporting". It shows little respect for Brin or his wife, regardless of what the situation is. I wish we could not promote or spread this kind of rubbish, as it's not healthy at all.

davidu 13y ago
In this situation, the reporter(s) at AllThingsD actually have much more detail (as they have clarified on Twitter) but haven't shared out of respect for the folks involved.
yapcguy 13y ago
A British tabloid did a number on Eric Schmidt recently, calling him a "love rat" with "a string of exotic lovers". http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2371719/Googles-Eric-Schmidts-open-marriage-string-exotic-lovers.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2371719/Googles-Eric... Is this kind of reporting any worse than the paid-for-fluff pieces in TechCrunch, PandoDaily and Wired?
- cududa 13y ago
  This story is a rehash of a 6 year old story.
- eliasmacpherson 13y ago
  Ahem, I can think of noone more deserving of a hack job than the originator of this quote: "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." Bravo for the Daily Mail!
  - yapcguy 13y ago
    It's a Sergey Brin love Quadrangle according to an Aussie paper - with names and photos: "an office romance that is being blamed for a split between co-founder Sergey Brin and his wife, and the sudden resignation of another senior male executive who was the former boyfriend of Brin's new love interest." http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/sergey-brin-love-quadrangle-blamed-for-google-executives-sudden-departure-20130829-2st1m.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/sergey-brin... If you want to go tabloid, there's Gawker: http://valleywag.gawker.com/meet-the-google-founders-mistress-1219044247 http://valleywag.gawker.com/meet-the-google-founders-mistres...
  - magicalist 13y ago
    When your reaction is "bravo for the daily mail", that's your clue that you've missed something. The full quote is "I think judgment matters. If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place. But if you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines, including Google, do retain this information for some time. And it’s important, for example, that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act. It is possible that information could be made available to the authorities." He was trying to have that conversation years before Snowden's leaks, and look at the reward he got: people claiming he hates privacy even though he's giving you exact information on how google cannot be your confidant when the US government is involved, and to look elsewhere if you need that. Not many CEOs are that frank, but look what happened. Gawker quoted only that single sentence out of that whole paragraph, and everyone (even the EFF[1]) quoted Gawker, so as far as someone reading those stories would know, that's all he said. With that kind of coverage (and "advocacy" groups like Consumer Watchdog egging it on), we should know exactly why more CEOs don't speak that frankly, and why all we get is corporate non-speak instead. [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/12/google-ceo-eric-schmidt-dismisses-privacy https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/12/google-ceo-eric-schmid...
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nailer 13y ago
It's awfully unfair on Brin's girlfriend too. Being involved with someone who is separated is very different from being involved with someone who is married and still living with their partner.