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Citation? Nothing there says Google worked with the government. In fact, the article has Google saying the opposite. The slides just say "direct access" with no
by MichaelGG 10y ago
Citation? Nothing there says Google worked with the government. In fact, the article has Google saying the opposite. The slides just say "direct access" with no clarification.
Can you point me to exactly what you're reading that indicates Google worked with the NSA ?
- colordrops 10y agoYou're joking right? This was national news when this was revealed. You obviously didn't read the link: "The PRISM program collects stored internet communications based on demands made to internet companies such as Google Inc. under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to turn over any data that match court-approved search terms."
- colordrops 10y agoAnyone care to elaborate why I'm being downvoted?
- tombrossman 10y agoI didn't downvote you but if you read the comments guidelines[0] they are helpful and cover some of the comments you made above. As an aside, your profile says you signed up 1337 days ago and your karma is at 1358. Another 21 down-votes and your Hacker News profile page will looking pretty leet - I say go for it. Remember, it's just fake internet points, you can't spend them or do anything interesting with them. [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jrockway 10y agoOn Reddit you can actually sell your Internet Points. Apparently spammers like to get high-karma accounts for spamming purposes.
- emmelaich 10y agoObeying the law is not "working with"
- colordrops 10y agoThe previous accusation was that Google was hacked and unaware that PRISM was collecting data, which is what I was referring to. Please read the thread before commenting.
- MichaelGG 10y agoOK well in that case every person/company in the country "works with" the USG since they comply with some laws/demands.
- colordrops 10y agoGoogle initially denied that they complied with the usage of PRISM, until documentation showed they were lying. Apple held out longer than Google, so at some point they all had to decide that they were going to "work" with the USG.
- MichaelGG 10y agoPlease give me an exact citation. Perhaps update Wikipedia while you're at it?
- colordrops 10y agoI've never edited wikipedia, but my understanding is that it is labor intensive. I'll just provide a citation here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/us-tech-giants-knew-nsa-data-collection-rajesh-de https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/us-tech-giants...
- emmelaich 10y agoThe words "mandatory" and "compulsory" figure prominently in that article.