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by CydeWeys 1183 days ago
If you click the button to delete that data, though, it is actually deleted.
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colordrops 1183 days ago
Is it though? Who knows how Google has crafted their language and legal loopholes to "technically" delete your data in one way while retaining it in another? And that doesn't even get into things like PRISM.
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vkou 1183 days ago
PRISM was a web portal that the NSA used to serve NSLs, FISA court orders, and other requests for information to tech firms.

It wasn't an all-seeing eye of Sauron that had full access to their backends.

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colordrops 1183 days ago
Your characterization is not accurate. Please reference the government slides themselves:

https://nsa.gov1.info/dni/prism.html

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vkou 1183 days ago
Nothing in those slides contradicts me.

The PRISM vs Upstream slide makes it very clear that PRISM requests are done through the front door, because PRISM-to-vendor communication is 'laundered' through the FBI.

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CydeWeys 1182 days ago
Retaining data that you said you had deleted is a major liability, especially now with GDPR.
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colordrops 1182 days ago
I don't live in Europe.
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