[eterevsky]

I'm not claiming to be an authority, I'm just commenting on my experience.

> 1) people's location data they weren't aware was being kept (dozens of stories and nuances now),

Location history is currently off by default.

> 2) scraped SSIDs of WiFi routers from...the world...via Street View cars, said "Whoopsie"

I am quite sure this was an honest mistake.

> 3) collected MAC addresses via free terminals and hotspots in...NYC was it?

Not sure what this is about.

> 4) Allowed multiple cross-storage access bugs where users have accessed each others' shit in Drive...

Again, I don't remember this story, and anyway, bugs happen.

[Veen]

> and anyway, bugs happen.

This is an extraordinarily blasé who-gives-a-shit response to a critical security vulnerability. Hopefully your attitude isn’t representative of your employer. Maintaining the privacy of the data customers entrust to you should be your highest priority.

[mort1merp0]

I'm sorry, but a publicly traded company's highest priority is to it's shareholder. To them money is the only priority.

To think otherwise is a bit naive.

User privacy is usually an afterthought, or a PR statement. Since you are the product being sold, your expectation of privacy should be somewhat lower.

[moogly]

For working at Google you seem to know very little about them.

1. Data was sent even though location history was turned off. [1]

2. It is pretty well-known that SSIDs can be used by location services to increase location accuracy, especially where GPS coverage is low or noisy [2], or slow to connect.

3. Would be useful for location tracking again.

4. That seems like a bug that wouldn't really benefit Google at all.

[1]: https://apnews.com/article/north-america-science-technology-...

[2]: https://slate.com/technology/2018/06/how-google-uses-wi-fi-n...