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Where do you draw the line? what governments is google allowed to hand over information to vs which ones it can deny?
by mahmud 16y ago
Where do you draw the line? what governments is google allowed to hand over information to vs which ones it can deny?
- dschobel 16y agoThe simple answer is wherever they have operations. I don't think it is unreasonable to say that if you are going to run ops within a country you implicitly have to follow the law of the land. That being said, thinking they shouldn't be in a particular country which obligates them to do these things is a much more sound position than just saying they shouldn't follow the law in a few particular cases. Ultimately, if you know they are operating in a country with a government which likes to do these sorts of things, caveat utilitor. (At least, try not to look so surprised when the police come knocking.)
- mahmud 16y agowherever they have operations And because of that I choose to use a 1-man search engine, without loss of quality, while gaining everything last bit of privacy. And because of this, his stunt of a billboard ad is actually truthful.
- dschobel 16y agoWhether you place your trust in a multibillion dollar company, a one man shop, or just use an anonymizing proxy, the issues are the same. The billboard is just noise and you are technically sophisticated enough to know better.