In Google we trust? Think again
source: http://citizenvox.org/2009/10/21/in-google-we-trust-think-again/
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- cosmicsmudge
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Just remember, Google is a corporation, it is not your friend. It has no problem throwing you and your right to privacy under the bus. Google shut down a Gmail account and handed the user's private info over to a bank without putting up a fight. The Gmail user's offense? He received an email mistakenly addressed to his account.
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mjseydel
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Non-Story. Google is bad. We get it. You don't like Google. What did you want Google to do? Shit happens.
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mjseydel
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cosmicsmudge
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I guess the point is that it doesn't take much to get one of these court orders when the other side doesn't contest it.
Here's a link to the actual motion filed yesterday in the case: http://www.citizen.org/documents/Memo%20supporting%20motion%20to%20unseal.pdf
- 2 years ago
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cosmicsmudge
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mnmonroe
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Google did not hand over data or disable the account until they received a court order.
- 2 years ago
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mnmonroe
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twohawks
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May be appropriate to provide some more substantive news background. Here's a start...
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/09/bank-sues-google/ - 2 years ago
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