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Man it would be so terrifying going up against Google in court. How do you do research? How do you communicate with your lawyer? They know everything about

by Teever 9y ago

Man it would be so terrifying going up against Google in court. How do you do research? How do you communicate with your lawyer? They know everything about what you do, when you do it, and who you do it with.

bsjob 9y ago
You do realize that there exists software that is not made by Google, right?
klodolph 9y ago
If you sue the phone company, they don't cut off your service or tap your phones.
- flyGuyOnTheSly 9y ago
  Source on the tapping your phones part?
- Teever 9y ago
  You would be surprised. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/telus-cuts-subscriber-access-to-pro-union-website-1.531166 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/telus-cuts-subscriber-access-t...
blammo999 9y ago
You do realize that there exists software that isn't made by Google, right? Oh, also books exist.
- blammo999 9y ago
  Like, lawyers have their own collections of research they search through, and because they're not all SV tech bros, they're not above making a phone call or meeting in person in one of their offices (and no, not the open kind).
  - Teever 9y ago
    With an android phone perhaps? And did they use Google maps to get the address to meet the person?
seqastian 9y ago
Anonymously.
goldenkey 9y ago
There exist other quality search engines like DuckDuckGo. As for anonymity of location: Google would most likely have someone dig through search queries done in the city of the plaintiff/lawyer. VPNs and proxies can help as well as services like Amazon Workspaces. Combining both will mask any trace of your identity pretty well from all but the big 3 government agencies. ------- DuckDuckGo Search Engine https://duckduckgo.com https://duckduckgo.com Amazon Workspaces https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/ https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/ VPN Discussion on HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14974383 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14974383
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drtillberg 9y ago
Google is embedded in most web services, including this site (as capcha via cloudflare). But, you eventually would learn that non-google services that are mostly as good (except maps), and you would use no-script.
- aneutron 9y ago
  Not really no. Security wise, they remain one of the most badass actors on the field. I am very sure that my data and passwords are safeguarded. Same can't be said about Yahoo, Bing, or other companies/products.

by Teever 9y ago

bsjob 9y ago

You do realize that there exists software that is not made by Google, right?

klodolph 9y ago

If you sue the phone company, they don't cut off your service or tap your phones.

flyGuyOnTheSly 9y ago
Source on the tapping your phones part?
Teever 9y ago
You would be surprised. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/telus-cuts-subscriber-access-to-pro-union-website-1.531166 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/telus-cuts-subscriber-access-t...

blammo999 9y ago

You do realize that there exists software that isn't made by Google, right? Oh, also books exist.

blammo999 9y ago
Like, lawyers have their own collections of research they search through, and because they're not all SV tech bros, they're not above making a phone call or meeting in person in one of their offices (and no, not the open kind).
- Teever 9y ago
  With an android phone perhaps? And did they use Google maps to get the address to meet the person?

seqastian 9y ago

Anonymously.

goldenkey 9y ago

There exist other quality search engines like DuckDuckGo. As for anonymity of location: Google would most likely have someone dig through search queries done in the city of the plaintiff/lawyer. VPNs and proxies can help as well as services like Amazon Workspaces. Combining both will mask any trace of your identity pretty well from all but the big 3 government agencies. ------- DuckDuckGo Search Engine https://duckduckgo.com https://duckduckgo.com Amazon Workspaces https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/ https://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/ VPN Discussion on HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14974383 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14974383

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drtillberg 9y ago

Google is embedded in most web services, including this site (as capcha via cloudflare). But, you eventually would learn that non-google services that are mostly as good (except maps), and you would use no-script.

aneutron 9y ago
Not really no. Security wise, they remain one of the most badass actors on the field. I am very sure that my data and passwords are safeguarded. Same can't be said about Yahoo, Bing, or other companies/products.