The end is really hilarious. Google had a stupid frontend-only validation, it seems.

Since Google themselves claim that's a security check, there's a bug bounty here.

The author of that article missed their chance making Google eat their words.

I was under the impression Google engineers went through a rigorous hiring process, yet this is the sort of thing you get from lowest bidder consultants who have inexperienced devs.

All that leetcode, whiteboarding, and Googly-style interview questions just to put front-end validation for security.