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Google Gives the US Government Access To Gmail

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the of-course-they-do dept.

schliz writes "Google condemns the Chinese Government for censoring its results, and Australia for planning to do the same. Meanwhile, its lawyers and security experts have told employees to 'be intentionally vague about whether or not we've given access to end-user accounts,' according to engineer James Tarquin, hinting that Google may be sharing its data with the US government. Perhaps Australia's most hated communications minister, Steven Conroy, could be right in his criticism of Google's privacy record after all."

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  1. Re:Though I should have done this a while ago... by sopssa · · Score: 4, Informative

    Or even better, use www.scroogle.org

  2. Re:You can't fight a subpoena. by Pojut · · Score: 4, Informative

    Look, it doesn't matter who or where you are. The government has bigger guns than you.

    Fixed.

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    Living With a Nerd
  3. Re:Though I should have done this a while ago... by sopssa · · Score: 4, Informative

    Do you live in the USA? You do realize that all data handling companies are subject to the same US laws, so move your email anywhere you want, the government can still get it at will.

    Take mail hosting from prq.se (the company hosting WikiLeaks and earlier The Pirate Bay) and use SSL IMAP/POP3 to access it. Looks like a quite good package too.