On Dec 26, 2007 10:10 PM, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 09:53:49PM +0530, Charles Haynes wrote: > > > > You happen to work at Google? > > > > Yes, and in a position where I would know. > > This is a single data point, and I have no way to verify this statement.
As I said. "Whether you choose to believe it or not is another matter." But it doesn't matter. You made a categorical statement "Google never deletes anything." I happen to know, from first hand personal experience, that statement is false. You haven't provided any evidence to back up your claim, nor do I expect you to - regardless, your claim is not true. > > Google has said > > officially that they do in fact delete data, and I know personally > > that it is true. > > Great to be you. Thanks! I think so too. > Are you allowed to disclose precisely > which data are being erased (such as e.g. my search history, > which would be in direct detriment to the goal of maximizing > revenue, and why are you hiring so many datawhorehouse guys?), > can we verify this, and do you also speak for the TLAs which > know everything Google's datacenters see? None of that is relevant to the fact the claim "Google never deletes anything" is false. > > If they say otherwise, they are wrong. If you would like I will be > > happy to explain to them how and why they are wrong. > To them, but not to us? Correct. > "Trust me, I know, but I'm bound by the NDA, but just trust me?" I'm not asking you to trust me, I'm simply stating that "Google never deletes anything" is not true, and I know it personally. As I said "Whether you choose to believe it or not is another matter." > See, I *knew* you've got no clue about that trust thing. > (Seriously, there's going to be a huge stink about the difference > between propaganda and corporate reality one day). I choose to assume good will on your part, and so I'm not going to take "I *knew* you've got no clue" personally or as inflammatory. I don't need to work on my trust thing, as I have first hand knowledge. I don't expect you to trust me, or even necessarily believe me. That does not change the fact that the claim "Google never deletes anything" is factually incorrect. If you have any proof otherwise I'd be interested in seeing it, since it would contradict my own personally observed subjective reality and as such would be quite interesting. It wouldn't be the first such example, but I'm always interested in collecting more. -- Charles
