Developing technology in a bubble seemed like a recipe for disaster when people around the world were depending on Google’s products — especially when Google’s technical workforce was wildly unrepresentative of the wider population.3 And the “Don’t Be Evil” motto served primarily as a reminder that Google did have the power to do evil, and people on the outside — or even on the inside, without the requisite level of security clearance — had to simply trust the insiders to do the right thing. But such trust seemed a little misplaced, given that even minor leaks were treated as career-ending
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