Google is singled out due to the humans behind the corporate facade complying, no one forced them to.
I would hate to reduce it to binary but things like installation of proxy hardware (Blue Coat[1]) to monitor with or court orders for conscription of local hardware are. Without people collaborating along with the US government, then people... wouldn't be collaborating. Those within the USG would be forced towards alternative routes such as those detailed in the PRISM slides.
Bonus: Security creates insecurity, all this logging and data collection creates more data. This data, which Snowden's Booz Allen Hamilton has shown[2], can be leaked. As an example a look into the Blue Coat logs leaked[3] from Assad's Syria by extraordinary esoteric activists Telecomix[4] reveals followers of Christianity along with homosexuals intently monitored.
Bonus Caution: I wouldn't touch the Booz or HBGary leaks unless you like federal prosecution for assisting in dissemination of data on the profiteering collaborators[5].
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Google is singled out due to the humans behind the corporate facade complying, no one forced them to.
I would hate to reduce it to binary but things like installation of proxy hardware (Blue Coat[1]) to monitor with or court orders for conscription of local hardware are. Without people collaborating along with the US government, then people... wouldn't be collaborating. Those within the USG would be forced towards alternative routes such as those detailed in the PRISM slides.
Bonus: Security creates insecurity, all this logging and data collection creates more data. This data, which Snowden's Booz Allen Hamilton has shown[2], can be leaked. As an example a look into the Blue Coat logs leaked[3] from Assad's Syria by extraordinary esoteric activists Telecomix[4] reveals followers of Christianity along with homosexuals intently monitored.
Bonus Caution: I wouldn't touch the Booz or HBGary leaks unless you like federal prosecution for assisting in dissemination of data on the profiteering collaborators[5].
[1] http://www.bluecoat.com/
[2] https://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/6533009/Military_Meltdown_Mo...
[3] http://bluesmote.com/
[4] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/jul/07/telecomix-...
[5] http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/the-doj-is-suing-barrett-br...
I may have missed some clarifications, so I feel the need to ask:
Did the USG not force Google to comply with their demands, and also keep quiet about it? I know that was the initial story.
Or is the issue that Google went above and beyond the USG's requests?
My definition of force involves things like threats of violence, firearms. FORCE.
People's definition of force here on HN seems to be "A written request by the USG."
you think the usg is actively pursuing these types of prosecutions?