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Google Engineer Spied On Teen Users

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-see-what-you-did-there dept.

bonch writes "Former Google employee David Barksdale accessed user accounts to spy on call logs, chat transcripts, contact lists. As a Site Reliability Engineer, Barksdale had access to the company's most sensitive information and even unblocked himself from a teen's buddy list. He met the minors through a Seattle technology group. Angry parents cut off contact with him and complained to Google, who quietly fired him."

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  1. Duh by ebonum · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Young single male admins at companies like Google and Yahoo are golden contacts. If you are looking to research something, they can help. For a price.