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 Oct 15, 2016 6:04 PM, "Razer" <[1]rayzer@riseup.net> wrote:

     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
     >
     > [2]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--
     >

References

   1. mailto:rayzer@riseup.net
   2. https://blog.google/topics/public-policy/building-surveillance-reform/