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Re:Is Google overreaching by forcing me to use TLS? by hdevalence on Thursday March 27, 2014 @11:02AM (#7480776)
http://blogs.computerworld.com/privacy/23698/google-customer...

"Since when is removing consumer choice a good thing? Does Google really know better than you do what your security posture should be for your Gmail accounts?"

Yeah, what do those Google security engineers know, anyways?

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Re:Is Google overreaching by forcing me to use TLS? by MindTwister on Thursday March 27, 2014 @11:13AM (#7480861)
I'm actually more intrigued by this part

    "an encryption methodology that I suspect the NSA can probably defeat anyway."
If the premise is "I don't need security, because the most powerful intelligence agency in the world can break it anyways", then why not go ahead and give us the PIN for your debit card anyway.
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