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Re:When Myspace Was King, Employees Abused a Tool Called ‘Ov... by ditonal on Monday June 24, 2019 @04:47PM (#20268303)
Google scares me much more, for me, my data on Facebook is nothing compared to the amount of my personal data on Gmail and Docs. Having worked at Google, a regular cog in the wheel engineer getting access to sensitive user data is carefully monitored and logged for appropriate usage, but I also strongly suspect that if a powerful player like Schmidt/Brin wanted to get the dirt on private user data they would have no problem, because there is a strong culture of secrecy that labels any sort of whisteblowing as "leaking", considered the most cardinal of sins by most Googlers.
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Re:When Myspace Was King, Employees Abused a Tool Called ‘Ov... by mevile on Monday June 24, 2019 @04:55PM (#20268378)
Was this meant to be a reply to another comment? How does this answer the question your parent comment asked?
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Re:When Myspace Was King, Employees Abused a Tool Called ‘Ov... by ditonal on Monday June 24, 2019 @05:23PM (#20268650)
This might help you:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question

If Facebook has such a tool, it's certainly not public knowledge. The parent comment was clearly meant to make a point that Facebook could have such a tool, even if it's not public knowledge. I was expanding on that point that Google could as well. Hope that helps.

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Re:When Myspace Was King, Employees Abused a Tool Called ‘Ov... by rhacker on Monday June 24, 2019 @05:12PM (#20268538)
It definitely scares me that someone like Schmidt would have access to that personal data. Brin, Page - meh but I would still rather them not.
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Re:When Myspace Was King, Employees Abused a Tool Called ‘Ov... by ditonal on Monday June 24, 2019 @05:31PM (#20268741)
I agree that Schmidt is a good example of someone who's already demonstrated willingness to use his power to bully those he perceives as political opponents, but the principle that access to such an incredibly dangerous power exists, and that existing regulation can barely if at all limit it, is really the problem. Forget any specific individual and ask yourself if we can trust every high level Alphabet exec who could pull some strings and make sure it doesn't get "leaked" that those strings were pulled in decades to come.
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