Wow, is it link-bait week on HN or something? Of course, Google gives law enforcement access to e-mail when proper information requests are made. Failing to co

Wow, is it link-bait week on HN or something? Of course, Google gives law enforcement access to e-mail when proper information requests are made. Failing to comply would be obstruction of justice. Facebook does the same thing(1). Microsoft does the same thing(2). But it's not like Google is arbitrarily giving the federal government access to everyone's e-mail willy nilly. Requests have to be made via the proper channels. I'm sure Google's legal team reviews everything thoroughly before providing access. When situations like this arise, Google has two choices really: comply with the requests or shut down operations and move them off-shore. Which option do you really think is feasible? (1) http://cryptome.org/isp-spy/facebook-spy.pdf http://cryptome.org/isp-spy/facebook-spy.pdf (2) http://cryptome.org/0001/ms-spy-takedown.htm http://cryptome.org/0001/ms-spy-takedown.htm