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by law
4836 days ago
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This article is absolute trash. The 4th amendment doesn't apply to your data hosted on Google's servers, and ECPA and CALEA are essentially meaningless here. The truth is that Facebook and Google can give away (or even sell) your data to the government, and they have your consent to do so. Reading the terms of service and privacy policy of each site you visit daily is a good exercise. Nearly all will contain some ambiguous catch-all provision that they can use your data to "improve [their] services." Then, if they're sued, the question is whether they have the resources to hire a law firm that can convince a court that selling data to the FBI/CIA/etc. improves their services. They do. |
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Can, but apparently aren't, if the FBI is making a fuss about not liking how things work at the moment. If Google were giving them everyone's Gmail, one assumes they'd just stay quiet about it.