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Google flatout says "no backdoors".
by rasterizer 13y ago
Google flatout says "no backdoors".
- betterunix 13y agoSending a copy of data to someone is not the same as creating a back door.
- aspensmonster 13y agoAnd what he described wasn't a back door.
- droopyEyelids 13y agoAll these denials cover one specific thing that they're not doing, not the spirit of all things that could be done. Mirroring all traffic to an additional destination isn't providing a back door, but it accomplishes much of the same function.
- monkmartinez 13y agoGoogle specifically says "no back doors". Why use a back door when the front door works... try before you pry.
- rasterizer 13y ago"Front door" is court orders and warrants: these are far less problematic.
- brown9-2 13y agoGoogle provides portals for law enforcement to search their data given the proper clearance/warrants. This is what the Chinese were rumored to hack into with the Aurora stuff. These communications people are playing word games. These companies turn over and give access to whatever they are legally required to.
- lurchpop 13y agoBut doesn't mention the front door.
- jlgreco 13y ago"Door" implies something that is designed to occasionally be in some sort of "closed" state.
- flyinRyan 13y agoThy also have a motto of "Do no evil". Just because they say something doesn't mean it's true.