So I'm a bit confused. Google has been happily complying with NSA without a care or concern in the world. Now some news leaks that they have been.. Happily complying with NSA without a care or concern in the world.
So they release an "open" letter trying to redirect the masses attention, and I'm not a little shocked it's working. People are actually praising Google? WTH? If Google really cared this letter is like 5 years too late doncha think? Google cares about one thing! That they got caught not giving a crap about the privacy/rights of their customers.
News Flash, they still don't give a crap. But hey, if losing gmail, google+, picasa, blogspot, drive etc. would just cause your world to fall apart, then keep using it and just be honest that you don't give a crap about your privacy or rights any more than Google does.
The sad thing is that this letter is currently frontpage/top of HN. The #1 most important company implicated in this NSA leak; the very company accused of co-operating & enabling the NSA's intrusive violation of our privacy - is now enjoying this great exposure at the top of HN as 'hackers' eat it up.
> So they release an "open" letter trying to redirect the masses attention
> If Google really cared this letter is like 5 years too late doncha think?
You should read the news occasionally. Google has been publishing a Transparency Report since 2010, and has been expanding it since then. Not quite 5 years, but more than long enough to render your comment paranoid nonsense.
So they release an "open" letter trying to redirect the masses attention, and I'm not a little shocked it's working. People are actually praising Google? WTH? If Google really cared this letter is like 5 years too late doncha think? Google cares about one thing! That they got caught not giving a crap about the privacy/rights of their customers.
News Flash, they still don't give a crap. But hey, if losing gmail, google+, picasa, blogspot, drive etc. would just cause your world to fall apart, then keep using it and just be honest that you don't give a crap about your privacy or rights any more than Google does.