Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Schmidt was echoing the sentiments of his old co-conspirator, Sun Microsystems CEO ...
Schmidt was echoing the sentiments of his old co-conspirator, Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy: "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it":
https://www.wired.com/1999/01/sun-on-privacy-get-over-it/
Both men knew better. Schmidt, in particular, is *very* jealous of his own privacy. When #Cnet reporters used Google to uncover and publish public (but intimate and personal) facts about Schmidt, Schmidt ordered Google PR to ignore *all* future requests for comment from Cnet reporters:
https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/how-cnet-got-banned-by-google/
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https://www.wired.com/1999/01/sun-on-privacy-get-over-it/
Both men knew better. Schmidt, in particular, is *very* jealous of his own privacy. When #Cnet reporters used Google to uncover and publish public (but intimate and personal) facts about Schmidt, Schmidt ordered Google PR to ignore *all* future requests for comment from Cnet reporters:
https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/how-cnet-got-banned-by-google/
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