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by zsandwich 2161 days ago
I think the plea deal actually debunked the idea that he took docs. Govt could only "get him" on a meeting minutes doc. And the trade secrets that were found at Uber were software brought over by software engineers that haven't been charged.
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Here's his own quote: "I downloaded this file with the intent to use it for the benefit of someone other than Google,"

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/former-google-self-dr...

This isn't accurate. The M&A documentation from Uber confirmed that Levandowski had stolen 5 discs worth of data from Google.