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This is from the Project Zero announcement post:
"We're not placing any particular bounds on this project and will work to improve the security of any software depended upon by large numbers of people, paying careful attention to the techniques, targets and motivations of attackers."
http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/07/announcing-...
I was curious about what was written, so I thought I would respond after a quick Google search.
I assume the losing your job part is referring to the Mozilla CEO news somewhat recently. I thought it didn't really need any research as it is posted about here often enough.
The maps part is described in this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/us/19prop8.html
Or with a little more opinion on this page: http://sfist.com/2009/01/09/mash-up_map_of_google_maps_and_p...
(the second link has a link to the actual site with the map, but it doesn't load for me)