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Because US citizens need somebody from Google's business model and school of thought fighting for us on the inside and helping the gov't formulate our data and
by metacorrector 12y ago
Because US citizens need somebody from Google's business model and school of thought fighting for us on the inside and helping the gov't formulate our data and privacy policies?
- llamataboot 12y agoAlex Macgillivray has a reputation as a staunch free speech and privacy advocate. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/30/twitter-alex-macgillivray-free-speech http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/30/twitter-al...
- gress 12y ago... who was happy to work for Google.
- CatMtKing 12y agotbh, if it changes anything, Google ought to hire more privacy advocates.
- ben336 12y agoactually he worked for Twitter :) 2 different people under discussion here.
- DannyBee 12y agoamac worked at Google before Twitter.
- DannyBee 12y agoMy how history gets rewritten so quickly. If you want to assault Andrew's credentials as a staunch defender of free speech, etc, you are going to have to do better than "he worked at Google". He worked at Google at a time when Google really was on the front lines of defending this stuff, and he was the one doing it. If you want to blame Google, blame Google. Amac is pretty much unassailable, IMHO. He was on the right side of every legal/policy decision I can think of during his tenure. He eventually left, IMHO, precisely because he saw an opportunity to be a staunch advocate for these kinds of things at twitter.
- gress 12y agoFair enough. At least you acknowledge that Google no longer stands for these things.
- DannyBee 12y agoI have never claimed Google no longer stands for these things. I just don't believe Google is on the front lines anymore, because people (like you) damn them either way.
- tptacek 12y agoTheir security teams do important work, and largely it seems because they profoundly give a shit about these issues. They're still the front line technically.
- gress 12y agoOn security, yes. On "free speech, etc.", no.
- gress 12y agoAre you seriously claiming that Google is no longer on the front lines of defending free speech because people like me damn them either way?