[domador]

I'm on the fence regarding whether it's unfair for the a news source to attribute this sin directly to Google via its headline. "Actually, it was our contractors who did it" seems like too common and easy an excuse for companies and governments who want to outsource the blame and the fallout for their questionable projects.

[ehsankia]

I don't really understand what would Google's motive be. They're already paying 5$, and I highly doubt they'd have a hard time finding people rushing to give away 5m of their time and their face for 5$ (people outside of HN are far less techno paranoid).

To me, it just sounds like the contractor tried to get done with it asap and just half-assed the work.

[autoexec]

I agree. I don't care if a company does something directly or outsources the work to someone else, ultimately the company is still responsible for making sure the work is done correctly and ethically.