On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 09:53:49PM +0530, Charles Haynes wrote: > > You happen to work at Google? > > Yes, and in a position where I would know.
This is a single data point, and I have no way to verify this statement. > > You happen to be allowed to make that statement? > > "Allowed?" No, I am not a spokesperson for Google officially > authorized to speak for the company. However Google has said > officially that they do in fact delete data, and I know personally > that it is true. Great to be you. Are you allowed to disclose precisely which data are being erased (such as e.g. my search history, which would be in direct detriment to the goal of maximizing revenue, and why are you hiring so many datawhorehouse guys?), can we verify this, and do you also speak for the TLAs which know everything Google's datacenters see? > > You happen to contradict multiple > > other data sources, also working at Google? > > If they say otherwise, they are wrong. If you would like I will be > happy to explain to them how and why they are wrong. To them, but not to us? "Trust me, I know, but I'm bound by the NDA, but just trust me?" > > > Whether you choose to believe it or not is another matter. > > > > You really have to work on that trust thing. You don't seem > > to understand it very well. > > Trust - but verify. See, I *knew* you've got no clue about that trust thing. (Seriously, there's going to be a huge stink about the difference between propaganda and corporate reality one day). -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
