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" <ray...@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 > > > > 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-- > > >