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> Imagine for a moment if FB and Google took all their developers and resources... It's a nice thought exercise, but of course not realistic. FAANGs wouldn't be able to attract or …

Isn't it a tautology? When you're doxxed, your personal identifiable information was revealed to threat or shame you, so yes, you were explicitly or implicitly threatened. The othe…

> " ...unless I have evidence of explicit or implicit threats. " It seems you're misreading the policy. See my comment above [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31210455

> Why is this dependant on receiving threats? It is not. From the form [1]: " ...that has POTENTIAL to create significant risks of identity theft, financial fraud, harmful direct c…

$181M, not B.

> Google needs an entirely separate brand/entity to launch these things. From the very first paragraph: " Google’s Area 120 team, an internal incubator that creates experimental ap…

Yeah. Who would think that almost half would share their data with... Samsung.

> If google creates jobs in long island city, they would get the same handout though. Nops [1][2]. [1] http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/google-to-invest-usd1... [2] https://w…

(Disclaimer: Googler here) +1. Google gives you a corp phone and computer (even multiple ones, if needed); why the heck you'd want to use your personal devices? Plus using a person…