Yes r very well put and when the USG lets go of some piece of power i see it as a red flag that they have found another route to even more power
Aaahhh george ... too bad some people cant live really longer than the others
On 10/15/2016 12:32 AM, Evil incarnate wrote:
> Before producing data in response to a government
> request, we make sure it strictly follows the law, for example
> to compel us to disclose content in criminal cases we require
> the government use a search warrant, and that it complies with
> Google's strict policies (to prevent overreach that can
> compromise users' privacy).
Two words: "FISC Court", over-rides all that crap. Last year the court
passed EVERY SINGLE ORDER of the thousands put before it.
Don't believe the LIES. FiveEyes DOES NOT ALLOW a digital
right-to-privacy from their snooping. Never did... Even before teh
intertubz, never will.
As George Carlin put it: "You have owners."
Rr
> Google: Building on Surveillance Reform
>
> https://blog.google/topics/public-policy/building- surveillance-reform/
>
> Today, we've updated our Transparency Report on government
> requests for user data. Globally, we received 44,943
> government requests for information regarding 76,713 accounts
> during the first half of 2016. We provided user information
> in response to 64% of those requests, which remains unchanged
> from the previous reporting period (i.e. the second half of
> 2015). We also received our first ever requests from the
> following countries: Algeria, Belarus, Cayman Islands, El
> Salvador, Fiji, and Saudi Arabia. In addition, pursuant to the
> USA Freedom Act, the FBI lifted a gag restriction on an NSL
> issued in the second half of 2015. To reflect this, we have
> updated the range of NSLs received in that period -- July to
> December 2015 -- from 0-499 to 1-499. As we have noted in the
> past, when we receive a request for user information, we
> review it carefully and only provide information within the
> scope and authority of the request. The privacy and security
> of the data that users store with Google is central to our
> approach. Before producing data in response to a government
> request, we make sure it strictly follows the law, for example
> to compel us to disclose content in criminal cases we require
> the government use a search warrant, and that it complies with
> Google's strict policies (to prevent overreach that can
> compromise users' privacy).
>
> --Lauren--
>