NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide

Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by sixothree on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @01:47PM (#6641880)

I've seen no indication that Google considers the NSA any sort of opponent.

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Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by swombat on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @02:10PM (#6642037)

I think they do now. There has to be some sort of sense of personal professionalism of the many highly qualified security experts working at Google, that is hurt by the revelations that the NSA basically fucked them over and drew a slide with a smiley face on it about how they fucked them over.

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Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by Sundog on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @08:07PM (#6644443)

Could not believe the fucking smiley face. That's their attitude towards privacy.

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Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by taigeair on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @03:28PM (#6642678)

It's strange to drawn a nose on a smiley...

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Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by rhizome on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @06:35PM (#6643963)

Then again, plausible deniability. Google is of less use to the NSA if they have fewer customers.

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Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by wonderzombie on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @02:58PM (#6642443)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-enc...

“It’s an arms race,” said Eric Grosse, vice president for security engineering at Google, based in Mountain View, Calif. “We see these government agencies as among the most skilled players in this game.”

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Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by unreal37 on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @02:52PM (#6642389)

With governments around the world (see Brazil and India) now banning Google products for official government use, I can imagine overall usage of Google products will decline outside of the U.S.

This is a threat to Google's international business. They have a vested financial interest in reducing the hacking against their systems.

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