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by tonfa 3581 days ago
By the way anyone has a link to the full transcript/video? I can only find the cut version (and iirc there was something else between the trusted friend question and the quote, but all videos online have a cut/voiceover in between which is kinda suspicious).

(I seem to remember the "it" in the quote meant putting information online / publicly available, no the "something" that you don't want anyone to know)

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The "it" in the quote meant, "if you're going to commit a crime, don't tell Google about it. If you tell a big company all about your plans to commit crimes, don't be surprised when the cops come knocking."

Schmidt has a way of saying reasonable things using the most offensive and misinterpreted language ever.

You never know, things you consider normal today might become retroactively punishable tomorrow. Maybe you "offend" someone on-line who in the future becomes powerful figure and they might bring vengeance on you or your family.