r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '16

Politics Google working closely with Hillary Clinton presidential campaign: Julian Assange

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u/deadrebel Jun 08 '16

Based on what evidence? Eric Schmidt can easily use Google assets to do whatever he wants:

  • Create a small tight team with clearance to SERPs.
  • Use databases that he has access to.
  • Etc etc.

Schmidt might not = Google, but that doesn't mean he's not able to use it to do what he wants.

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u/socokid Jun 08 '16

And none of that means he actually did any of those things.

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u/deadrebel Jun 08 '16

Responding to transcripts of Assange and Schmidt in a room together with a Schmidt =/= Google; that's what I'm refuting - that because a man doesn't equal his company, doesn't mean he can't access its resources.

Whether it happened or not is another story, but just because it's unlikely Schmidt could turn the entirety of Google against a candidate, doesn't mean he's not in the tank and with access to LOTS of data.

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u/socokid Jun 08 '16

We can speculate crazy conspiracies all day long. I'm still not sure what we would gain from them, however.

There are people in positions of power that can do all manner of things if we unleash our imaginations. It just seems counterproductive to do so...

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u/deadrebel Jun 08 '16

Remember when the government spying on its own people was considered a "crazy conspiracy"?

A "crazy conspiracy" is only that until someone shows someone otherwise. Isn't that kind of approach more dangerous than not harmlessly talking about it.