{"id":184640,"date":"2024-11-29T02:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T02:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/google-india-sues-ex-staff-for-leaking-pixel-secrets-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T02:29:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T02:29:07","slug":"google-india-sues-ex-staff-for-leaking-pixel-secrets-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/google-india-sues-ex-staff-for-leaking-pixel-secrets-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Google India sues ex-staff for leaking Pixel secrets &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-115788130,imgsize-1173744,width-400,resizemode-4\/115788130.jpg?fit=400,225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Google India sues ex-staff for leaking Pixel secrets &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Google India sues ex-staff for leaking Pixel secrets &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>BENGALURU: Google and its Indian division initiated legal proceedings in the US against <!-- -->Harshit Roy<!-- -->, a former employee from their Bengaluru office, for disclosing confidential trade secrets. The disclosed information included detailed specifications of proprietary hardware and software for Pixel devices, which appeared on his social media accounts. Google engaged an external investigator to track down Roy to stop him from further dissemination of the misappropriated trade secrets that caused irreparable harm to Google. <br \/>In the previous year, Roy became involved with the development of next-generation system-on-chip technology for upcoming Pixel devices (SoC). 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