Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing trade secrets

Post by a_gnostic » Thu, Mar 07, 2024, 2:17 PM UTC

imchillyb wrote: post #12

blondie9x wrote: post #6

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Of course he did. How could he not know taken documents and giving to a competing company wasn’t a violation? Need more locks on this kind of stuff. Should all uploads and content transmissions out of network require an approval by default? Difficult to say it but it needs to be considered

> Should all uploads and content transmissions be locked for employees with foreign ties to an adversarial country? Profiling works. Profiling is abhorrent to most people in 1st world countries, but it works exceedingly well. If the hire is from an adversarial country, they should not only be locked but on a watch list. Our 3 letter organizations should be proactive toward information security. We're in the Informati…

Post by nextworddev » Thu, Mar 07, 2024, 2:18 PM UTC

ironyman wrote: post #23

Good time to post this article again: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/z4MDDwwnWKnv2ZzdK/the-agi-ra... China understands there is a real risk of the US gaining an absolute advantage in A[G]I development. It shouldn't surprise anyone that they will use all kinds of 'greyzone methods' to bridge this gap.

Post by sdwr » Thu, Mar 07, 2024, 2:19 PM UTC

breakingcups wrote: post #32

xnx wrote: post #9

Google has a fair bit of experience with employees stealing trade secrets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Levandowski#Criminal_c...

Incredible that he got pardoned.

Post by woooooo » Thu, Mar 07, 2024, 2:24 PM UTC

ok123456 wrote: post #29

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Post by jojobas » Thu, Mar 07, 2024, 2:25 PM UTC

monktastic1 wrote: post #17

krona wrote: post #4

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Serious question: Can we presume he knew he was doing something wrong?

Do you mean morally or legally? It's hard to imagine a Google engineer not knowing that sharing trade secrets is something their employer would seriously frown upon, no?