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They categorically denied this: "that Google opened email messages in [Michael Arrington's] Gmail account to investigate a leak," They went on to say this: "Wh
by jasonlotito 13y ago
They categorically denied this: "that Google opened email messages in [Michael Arrington's] Gmail account to investigate a leak,"
They went on to say this: "While our terms of service might legally permit such access, we have never done this [opened email messages in Michael Arrington's Gmail account to investigate a leak] and it’s hard for me to imagine circumstances where we would investigate a leak in that way."
> Who are you going to believe?
Technically, neither contradict the other. Considering who they are and what they are, technicalities matter, I think.
- tptacek 13y agoThe antecedent of "this" in that sentence is fuzzy, but the clear, obvious, intended meaning of the sentence is that Google has never deliberately read someone's mail in the process of any investigation, not just Arrington's.