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>Think of it the other way, if Lockheed martin were to start a Gmail, GDocs equivalent tomorrow, would you use their services knowing how closely they work with the military?

Well yeah. The term "military grade" is one that tends to sell products.

>What's stopping the Pentagon from buying access to users data?

If there's no end to end encryption, I assume some three letter agency already has access.



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