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It's not like they hacked into Google's servers without their knowledge or consent, they were given access to the data. Obviously those who knew about it at Goo
by cheeseomlit 4y ago
It's not like they hacked into Google's servers without their knowledge or consent, they were given access to the data. Obviously those who knew about it at Google were under gag orders, but one would hope that somebody involved would have the balls to leak the government's blatantly unconstitutional and illegal demands to the press regardless. Those gag orders wouldn't have held up in court if anybody at one of the PRISM companies had the conscience to go rogue. Every company involved in PRISM can be rightfully accused of colluding with the government to violate the basic 4th amendment rights of millions of people, knowingly and willingly.
- roywiggins 4y agoI didn't get the impression that MUSCULAR (intercepting Google's inter-datacenter links, distinct from PRISM) involved Google's cooperation.
- EMM_386 4y ago> It's not like they hacked into Google's servers without their knowledge or consent, they were given access to the data. This is not true. The NSA hacked Google without their consent. The relevant slide from the Snowden leak is here: https://i.imgur.com/7IHE6sG.png https://i.imgur.com/7IHE6sG.png > Snowden leaks: Google 'outraged' at alleged NSA hacking https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-24751821 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-24751821