Google Data Misuse Allegations

The cluster focuses on allegations of Google employees improperly accessing or leaking user data, with commenters referencing past scandals, internal incidents, and WikiLeaks documents questioning Google's ethics and transparency.

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joshuamorton Jun 29, 2021 View on HN

In what way is Google not standing by their policies (for example, have they criticized or tried to prevent this person from disclosing publicly)?

lioeters Mar 11, 2022 View on HN

Might wanna consider..https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/

kevinSuttle Jun 8, 2015 View on HN

Just going to leave this here. https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/

There's a mention of Google telling that this was not their doing in a thread somewhere about this.

mtgx Jan 31, 2019 View on HN

Google certainly has a history of doing stuff like this:https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17076670

NathanKP Mar 8, 2011 View on HN

Someone at Google probably got in trouble over this.

gonational Apr 23, 2021 View on HN

Wait, didn't our version of Google also fall into the wrong hands?

indians_pro Jun 8, 2015 View on HN

that article has a 'paywall'. is this the same one with the full content - https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/ ?

acct1771 Jun 1, 2019 View on HN

Source is probably controversial, but I'm interested in refutations: https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/

kuioe Feb 3, 2014 View on HN

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-...It's reached the point where Google defenders on HN need to state their employer, given the evidence we now know it's ridiculous.