Google CEO: “can we change the setting of this group to history-off” [pdf]

Re:Google CEO: “can we change the setting of this group to h... by irjustin on Sunday April 16, 2023 @12:41AM (#35587330)

> routinely opted to move from history-on rooms to history-off Chats to hold sensitive conversations

The way this is worded there's no record, so there's no "slated for deletion"?

I guess the question becomes, if it exists inside computer memory, is that legally equivalent to "writing down piece of paper" and thusly is considered destroying evidence?

If I write something in disappearing ink (let's say it perfectly disappears), it's not destroying evidence? is it?

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Re:Google CEO: “can we change the setting of this group to h... by cornstalks on Sunday April 16, 2023 @01:11AM (#35587456)

There is a record. It exists for 24 hours. It’s not in just your local computer’s memory. It’s in the cloud, and you can see that history on any of your devices.

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Re:Google CEO: “can we change the setting of this group to h... by irjustin on Sunday April 16, 2023 @04:57AM (#35588358)

> It’s in the cloud, and you can see that history on any of your devices.

For argument's sake, let's say it's not. It's a tunneled connection and all stops in between are only acting as relays.

Is it still wiping it then if it only exists in memory and then gets garbage collected? is that destroying evidence?... maybe...?

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Re:Google CEO: “can we change the setting of this group to h... by sebzim4500 on Sunday April 16, 2023 @09:07AM (#35589722)

I think that would probably be ok, same as if it was a phone call.

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