"For evil to flourish, all that is needed is for good people to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke.
Google's mere dismissal of the guy comes across as pretty evil. According to the article, there was a previous instance of malfeasance. If the bad PR behind all these privacy breaches were taken more seriously, Google would probably have to clean up their act and users would benefit as a result.
Wait, are you saying that we should be reacting to the PR (we didn't, he was let go some time ago) or to the act? I would always rather we react appropriately to the act. (disclaimer, work at google, blah blah blah)
Google's mere dismissal of the guy comes across as pretty evil. According to the article, there was a previous instance of malfeasance. If the bad PR behind all these privacy breaches were taken more seriously, Google would probably have to clean up their act and users would benefit as a result.