Asking the U.S. to allow Google to publish more national security request data

Re:Asking the U.S. to allow Google to publish more national ... by burntsushi on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @09:52PM (#5865980)

You have a valid point, but you're overlooking a really crucial difference: data in the hands of a corporations means something entirely different from data in the hands of government. One of them has a monopoly on the use of force and the other doesn't. At least, that's the distinction that is important to me.

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Re:Asking the U.S. to allow Google to publish more national ... by wutbrodo on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @03:37AM (#5866985)

Not to mention that one is voluntary* and one isn't. Sheesh, my grandparent comment needs a healthy dose of perspective.

*I'm using voluntary here in the most straightforward sense possible. You can switch services if you'd like, or even turn off ad targeting for most services. You cannot, however, go to a an nsa.gov link and click the "Please don't track me" box.

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