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There's been a number of negative articles about Google during the past years. Some for good reasons, some for bad. Some honest, some paid shills. Imagine Larr
by xorcist 12y ago
There's been a number of negative articles about Google during the past years. Some for good reasons, some for bad. Some honest, some paid shills.
Imagine Larry Page saying: We'll sift through whatever data we've got on you and see what dirt we can find.
No need to imagine the threats against family. No need for any of the more nasty details. Just the basic premise, but in the setting of an established Silicon Valley company.
Done yet? No. Because you couldn't. Because any serious CEO worth their salt simply wouldn't.
And all those of you whose natural reponse is to defend these people, please imagine yourself doing it for Page as well. Would you, really?
- Dylan16807 12y agoIf someone high up at google or facebook threatened to sift through the data they have on me, I would be worried. If they said they would hire external investigators, I would not be more worried than if any random person was going to do so. Did I miss something, because I'm pretty sure this story is the latter scenario. They're both bad actions, but only one is an abuse of trust and/or resources.
- xorcist 12y agoBoth. The article talks about how he accessed the data they had on a journalist, without explicit persmission from the person in question. Not only is it not nice, it shouldn't even have been possible without logging this against a ticket number at the very least.