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by 75j 3491 days ago
> Google pulled out of China because Gmail got hacked and Google assumed the hackers were affiliated with the Chinese government.

Then it seems pulling out was the right move. If Chinese citizens trusted that Google could secure their communications, and Google was then unable to, that put certain citizens at risk of persecution. Better to have them using a Chinese email provider where the default assumption is that everything is monitored, and then use the proper tools for actual private communication.
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clusmore 3491 days ago
By this logic, should they pull out of the US too because Google (and Facebook both) has been completely pwned by the US government? Not meaning to be snide.
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75j 3491 days ago
Not snide at all, and I agree.
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seanmcdirmid 3491 days ago
Gmail was never hosted in china. When Google pulled out, it meant shitting down the china local search engine, with the one through HK eventually being blocked. Gmail wasn't even blocked in china until a couple of years ago.
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