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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by nerdix on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @01:51PM (#36313919)
Thats different from what OP said though. Every tech company complies with lawful requests by the government for user data.

As an example, Apple complied with 90% of government requests for user data: https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-complies-percent-us-go...

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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by 93po on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:36PM (#36320232)
My point is that I suspect Google complies with requests even when they legally don't have to, and provides data to the government that looks innocent on the surface for PR reasons but is still instrumental for widespread surveillance and infringes on the rights of Americans
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