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> any time you proactively thwart law enforcement, you're inviting a lot of dangerous unintended consequences. I'm curious, what do you think about Google's "S
by JorgeGT 10y ago
> any time you proactively thwart law enforcement, you're inviting a lot of dangerous unintended consequences.
I'm curious, what do you think about Google's "State-sponsored attackers are trying to compromise your account" warning? [1] Maybe it's police officers trying to break into the Gmail account of a pedophile or a terrorist, and Google is thwarting these efforts by warning the suspect.
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[1] https://arstechnica.com/security/2012/06/google-state-sponsored-attack-warnings/ https://arstechnica.com/security/2012/06/google-state-sponso...
- alphonsegaston 10y agoThat's interesting. I hadn't thought about that set of circumstances. It would take me more time/length than a message board comment to work through the ethics of that, but point well taken.