[downandout]

top execs have brashly threatened to spend millions investigating journalists' personal lives

Nope. ONE exec went on a rant at a party about what HE would hypothetically like to do to a self-declared enemy of the company. Have you ever been really frustrated with someone and said "Ugh sometimes I'd like to ring his/her neck" or similar? Now imagine someone overheard you, took it literally, and called the person you were frustrated with. Sensing an opportunity to exploit the situation, they call the police, contact Senators about you, and write a blog post about how you threatened to eradicate him/her and everyone they've ever spoken to from the planet in the most violent possible way - all in an effort to get clicks on ads on your blog. That is basically what happened here.

You're right about one thing, it is disgusting.

[snsr]

Maybe you missed this post regarding Uber employees tracking customers for fun, in realtime, on a monitor at a public event.

https://medium.com/@petersimsie/can-we-trust-uber-c0e793deda...