Subj : Re: Community
To   : tenser
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Oct 04 2022 16:53:10

  Re: Re: Community
  By: tenser to Arelor on Wed Oct 05 2022 07:41 am

 > Well, perhaps things have changed since I left, but
 > access to user data and use thereof was incredibly
 > strictly controlled, audited, and logged.  Generally,
 > what Google is telling people about what they do with
 > your data and data about you is what they're doing.
 > At least, that was the case when I worked there (I
 > left for a startup about a year and a half ago).  Oh,
 > and if someone violated user access rules?  First off,
 > that was very difficult because the data is encrypted
 > at rest (e.g., on storage) but if you somehow figured
 > out how to access it, you were looking at being fired
 > for cause immediately, if not a referral for a criminal
 > complaint.  Google does not mess around when it comes
 > to user data.

Of course they don't mess with user data. It is too valuable to let it leak when it
can be sold.

BTW does anybody have a nice tutorial for making a good tin foil hat?

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