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Judge Says You Can't Know If Google Spies For NSA

Posted by timothy on from the all-fibers-lead-to-maryland dept.

witherstaff writes "A federal judge has ordered that whether Google is spying for the National Security Agency or not, you have no right to know. EPIC, which brought the lawsuit, says the NSA can neither confirm nor deny any relationship with Google. EPIC is worried the 'NSA is developing technical standards that would enable greater surveillance of Internet users.'"

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  1. Confirmed by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is Legal Speak for Confirmed.

    Thread Over.

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  2. Misleading by camperdave · · Score: 5, Informative

    The National Security Agency does not have to disclose its relationship with Google amid press reports that the two partnered up after hackers in China launched a cyber attack on the U.S. government, a federal judge in Washington ruled.

    It's not that you don't have a right to know. Its that the NSA is under no obligation to tell you. There's a big difference.

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    1. Re:Misleading by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      Jeebus, go read up on the philosophies produced during The Enlightment, especially Rousseau's concept of "Dignity of Man", and how those philosophies influenced the Founding Fathers as they set out to write the Constitution. Also look up the phrase "inalienable rights"

      Idiots like you are the reason we're losing more of our rights with each successive national election.