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Re:Not OK, Google by zeveb on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:39PM (#12645427)
> Do you trust every single person at Google, and every single person at every third party company Google shares your data with, now and in perpetuity, to never abuse the data collected on you?

You forgot: every single state which Google is subject to.

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Re:Not OK, Google by falcolas on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:42PM (#12645461)
Yup. If any of my data is stored on servers in, say Canada, what is to stop the Canadian government from siezing Google's servers in an effort to stop my maple syrup smuggling ring?
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Re:Not OK, Google by 794CD01 on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @01:10PM (#12645715)
Certainly one of the main weaknesses of the current system, but the more power Google accumulates, the faster it can displace those states.
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