3 wk. ago

Google leaked tons of personal data and even a Nintendo Direct: report

404 Media reports that it received a copy of a Google database that included children's voice data, home addresses and more.

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Cloud = someone else's computer

Never forget
- Yeah but the whole point here is that we expect the owner of the other computer to be very competent at keeping our stuff private. And if something happens to at least report it so we know and can try to mitigate the damages.
  
  we expect the owner of the other computer to be very competent
  
  Why? If nothing else we have learned in the past 20 years that large operators are the ones MOST likely to get data leaked or stolen, literally every major platform has had at least one major cockup in that time. They are all motivated by profits first and security maybe third or lower.
  
  That's an insane level of professionalism and accountability you're talking about there, friend.
- Well, someone's Grandpa came here and said the thing that everyone's Grandpa likes to say. Now we can move on.
  
  This...is far from insulting? It's also kinda pathetic too. Good job
I know the general narrative is "Google bad", but this seems like a healthy thing?

First of all, if this is a way for employees to report privacy incidents, that's a good thing.

Second, given the enormous reach giggle has, the fact that it has "thousands" of privacy incidents collected over many years isn't a large percentage at all.

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