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Re:You have a moral obligation to use crypto by Zigurd on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @02:12AM (#7223019)
Of course Google deserves praise for that and 97 other things. But it is completely unapropos to what the article posted here is about. It does not really have an effect on dragnet surveillance because Google can be ordered to simply allow the government to let it happen.

There is some value in that foreign governments with their own NSA wannabes could get thwarted.

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Re:You have a moral obligation to use crypto by sgift on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @04:23AM (#7223337)
The problem is that Google would probably closed down if they implemented security which cannot be circumvented, even with a warrant, because they would break the law.

There are many laws and long standing rulings which force companies/people/.. to cooperate with law agencies. So, as it has been stated many times before, the solution for these things is political, not technical. Law always trumps programming and law is influenced by politics.

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Re:You have a moral obligation to use crypto by Zigurd on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @07:29AM (#7223902)
What law would that break?
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