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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by thinkingemote on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @11:24AM (#21815107)
She didn't weaponise a neutral extension. The extension was already weaponised. It already pushed notifications to users when they visited flagged URLs. She probably just changed a config file to add a new rule and message, 1 line.
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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by w0m on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @12:15PM (#21815766)
1 line, but completely changing the point of the tool in the first place
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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by chance_state on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @12:02PM (#21815594)
>It already pushed notifications to users when they visited flagged URLs.

Did it push notifications with a particular political message? I don't think it did.

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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by TheFrizz on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @12:51PM (#21816302)
If the employee had added a message,

"You have the constitutional right to keep and bear arms" when employees visited cabelas.com, would you call it a political message?

Both are simply informing people of their rights.

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Re:Engineer says Google fired her for notifying co-workers o... by domnomnom on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @01:03PM (#21816469)
Yes I would call it a political message.
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