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The difference is that Google can't throw you into a camp without trial for what they discover.

• gibba999 7y ago
  I'm guessing you're a Googler (or similar) who missed the point. Privacy has value even without the threat of being thrown into a camp, and mass surveillance is a human rights violation even without that. But just to get facts straight: The US government can and does get data from Google through both instruments like national security letters and subpoenas. If it decides you're in need of prison: * There may be a trial before one gets thrown into a prison camp. That's true. The Justice System is relatively fair to anyone who can afford to spend $300,000 on lawyers without worrying about the cost. That's the top-1-percenter population. If you're a Googler, you're probably at the lower-end of this. * For most middle-class families, a criminal prosecution is guaranteed bankruptcy. Whether or not you defend yourself successfully depends on how quickly you run out of money. * For most lower-class families, the outcome is usually a plea bargain, where you do get thrown into a prison without trial. Before making comments like yours, you might want to read a book like "The New Jim Crow," and look up statistics on what your own power structures are doing (and specifically, both statistics on the number of people in prison and anecdotes for how they got there).