awk23

The proposed laws do nothing to curtail government surveillance, they do plenty to hamper internet innovation. Study the proposals on the table first.

That is beside the point. Also G+ isn't a 1:1 Facebook competitor.

The 'no restriction on data collection especially in the US' is a myth. There is plenty of evidence of FTC action and lawsuits to dispute your claims.

I understand what the author is trying to say but there is an awful lot of "perhaps" punctuating all the G+ bashing he manages to fit in that post. I'm guessing the relevant evidence will be reveled in court.

Also worth discussing if an invitation email, automated or otherwise, should be considered a restraining order violation.

I'm surprised of much of the comments here, I'll chalk it up to ignorance, but every start up and company in the world should be wishing for this EU privacy fundamentalism to die. And grandstanding politician to get in grips with reality. Yeah NSA and some other state actors have done fucked up but that law does nothing to curtail government surveillance it instead introduces unreasonable limits and restrictions on innovation and even basic function. Indirectly balkanize data flow and introducing more cookies law style useless notices is the least of it. It's seemingly vindictive against US companies and an miscalculated move to grant an advantage to local ones disguised as reform.

This is basically a ploy by someone who is seeking publicity for his attack on this other individual by taking his words out of context and altering their meaning.

Here is a previous submission of HN of the disputed post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6984487

http://www.firstlooksy.com/frustrated-googler-speaks-out-on-...

His is a repost under another date of the same bat-shit crazy "nothing" that makes Gawker seem reasonable.

The author is an attention monger who probably has some sort of a personal vendetta against the person he is attacking, I suggest not to take his account of things on face value.