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> but they behave much better than the Australian government, who recently admitted they spy on their citizens [0], can coerce citizens and companies to install
by einpoklum 6y ago
> but they behave much better than the Australian government, who recently admitted they spy on their citizens [0], can coerce citizens and companies to install backdoors into their companies software [1].
But Google has exactly this. First, it collects and saves all its users' data, and can build very detailed profiles of probably each of us. Second, and perhaps more importantly, all the information going through their systems is also piped to the NSA, i.e. spying by the US government. This is what Edward Snowden revealed.
Murdoch may have illegally wiretapped celebrities, but Google legally "wiretaps", well, everyone - on their "wires".
- suizi 6y agoMurdoch's investigators illegally wiretapped anyone they could to get a scoop, including a murdered child. The process of doing so made it look like she was reading the messages and still alive.
- retsibsi 6y ago> The process of doing so made it look like she was reading the messages and still alive. My understanding is that this turned out to be untrue. Wikipedia isn't super clear on this point, but I think it backs me up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal#Milly_Dowler's_voicemail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_International_phone_hacki...
- suizi 6y agoWikipedia says the very opposite of what you're claiming.