> It’s incredible to me that people think Google has convinced tens of thousands of engineers to quietly keep secret an epic conspiracy theory about abusing everyone’s private data.
With NDA being all over the place, it does strike me as doable.
NDAs should have a time limit.
Additionally, no-one in their right mind will be a whistleblower nowadays.
isn't that it's supposed to work? we just need >0 people to blow a whistle if a whistle needs blowing. we don't need to rely on the people fearing for their jobs so long as >0 people are willing to sacrifice their careers/lives when there's some injustice so great it's worth dying for
Sludge in a hole in your shop's backyard? Not worth it.
High level of chemicals in the air which may cause stillborns? Not worth it.
Scanning private files for an AI training? Not worth it.
Genocide? Not worth it.
There is absolutely nothing nowadays worth being banished from your livelihood.
Snowden and Assange are heroes. And insane. Threw away $$$ for their morals. Stanislav Petrov threw his career away instead of passing it up and let it be somebody's else problem.
With NDA being all over the place, it does strike me as doable.
NDAs should have a time limit.
Additionally, no-one in their right mind will be a whistleblower nowadays.