[pdkl95]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/nsa-prism-costs...

They most certainly do when there are national security letters involved.

You may argue that this was not Google's fault - it is uncertain how much choice they had with regards to providing access for PRISM, and they're welcome to the tiny compensation they received. The point is that they had the data at all, thus allowing it to be copied y others, regardless of google's intentions

[vdaniuk]

I agree that it is a valid concern but it doesn't support the "Google sells user data" premise without reductio ad absurdum.