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we provide user data to governments only in accordance with the law. Our legal team reviews each and every request, and frequently pushes back
by anologwintermut 13y ago
we provide user data to governments only in accordance
with the law. Our legal team reviews each and every
request, and frequently pushes back when requests are
overly broad or don’t follow the correct process. Press
reports that suggest that Google is providing open-ended
access to our users’ data are false, period.
-- Larry Page
So, clearly we have a request that is within the law as far the courts are concerned. Did Google push back on this too? Did they succeed? Did the order just not apply to them somehow?
- lawnchair_larry 13y agoAlthough Google's statements are of minimal value to me, my belief is that Google would not have to be complicit in this particular program. This was likely pulling from fiber taps at ISP backbones.
- 3JPLW 13y agoBut: such a tap would reveal no information about gmail-to-gmail communication, no? Most gmail usage is via their SSL web app or an email client, and their directions for most (all?) clients specify to use SSL. And in my experience, most people using gmail send most of their emails to other gmail accounts.