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Re:Microsoft and Google to sue over US surveillance requests by haberman on Saturday August 31, 2013 @01:33PM (#6307410)
> If they wanted the moral high ground, they should have sued years ago.

Google has received high marks from the EFF for fighting for users' privacy rights in the courts and in congress for three years:

https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2013

https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2012

https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2011

This lawsuit is just a continuation of what they have already been doing for years.

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Re:Microsoft and Google to sue over US surveillance requests by MarcScott on Saturday August 31, 2013 @04:29PM (#6307979)
The EFF report was compiled prior to the Snowden revelations. There is no star rating for "Allowing warrantless access to a user's data in contravention to the 4th Amendment". I should think in the current climate only Lavabit would receive a positive rating from the EFF.
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