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Re:The PRISM letter Google, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook, Microsof... by jlgreco on Thursday July 18, 2013 @07:00PM (#6067116)
My issue is that they continued to tell people that they could be trusted. If you are being forced to do something, fine, but don't keep on telling others that you can be trusted.

Microsoft is an even worse offender here, with their recent marketing campaigns slamming Google for privacy while they themselves were apparently being 'forced' to disrespect their users privacy.

Don't claim something that you know that you cannot provide, even if you want to provide it.

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Re:The PRISM letter Google, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook, Microsof... by res0nat0r on Thursday July 18, 2013 @09:21PM (#6067745)
>My issue is that they continued to tell people that they could be trusted. If you are being forced to do something, fine, but don't keep on telling others that you can be trusted.

Trusted...how? I guess we need to define trusted.

Google isn't selling your email history to the highest 3rd party bidder for extra money. They are complying with the law, handing over specific info for specific legal requests from the US government.

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