> I checked with some Google friends who told me their contract even makes it illegal to tell anyone that they work for Google (no joke).
Which country are they in? Is their employment contract directly with Google, or with some other, independent company that provides services to Google?
(I've been employed by G in multiple jurisdictions and have never seen or heard of such a clause.)
One side is what's in the papers you signed and the other side is to what extent the terms can be enforced. But you have a point in that it would be good professional practice to wait for a decade before disclosing internals especially when names of people are dropped...