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That's at least something citizens can act upon. In China they'll just bury you.
by cameronbrown 7y ago
That's at least something citizens can act upon. In China they'll just bury you.
- anamexis 7y agoJust like citizens can act up on, say, getting blackballed by Google and having their email gone forever?
- greenyoda 7y agoIt's easy for citizens to fight back against that - by not using Google as their email provider (and educating others about the risks). There are many free and paid alternatives to Gmail.
- vorpalhex 7y agoAre you comparing losing your email versus being kidnapped and held in jail without access to a lawyer or courts?
- anamexis 7y agoNo, I'm saying this is a thing that deeply impacts people's lives which they cannot, in fact, "act upon" when they are wronged.
- cameronbrown 7y agoTake regular backups has always been good advice, that doesn't go away just because a company handles your email for you. Always take archives from cloud services just like you backup HDDs, use a custom domain to forward inbound email traffic and you'll be 100% protected. You chose the worst example of Google being able to ruin somebody's life when if they really wanted to be evil, they'd have a monumental amount of data for blackmail, the ability to silence you online, etc..