Google Admits Handing over European User Data to US Intelligence Agencies

AmeriKKKan "Patriot Act". Hitler and Goebbels would feel like fools if they realized what they COULD HAVE gotten away with!

ur a retard

we know after dr. johnson that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.maybe you could just rename it the scoundrel's act .cut out the middle man ,so to say.

The most serious problem with cloud computing is control over your property - your data. Now we know that not only do you lose control over your data, you also hand your house keys to US intelligence services.

Which by the way see it as one of their objectives to "help" US business interests. Any non US corporation would be crazy to use these services.

Easy to solve problem. Don't do business with US tech companies. Never entrust them with any information at anytime.

Was that posted from your iPhone, Mac or your PC with Microsoft OS?

Yeh, not doing business with US companies... good one.

This and of course as a user you can easily circumvent any problems by using encryption.

You mean live without using Google or Microsoft. Maybe if you can manage it for 6 months I might try copying you.

As an Privacy loving American, I whole-heartedly support this idea.

Absolutely. Could there be a huge opportunity here for a European company to compete against Google/Microsoft/Apple?

And it wouldn't be stifled by the patent fiasco or any of the other stupid * that is slowly destroying the American dream.

Good luck with that.

I wouldn't put all US tech companies in the same categories now, people have no choice but to obey the law whether they like it or not. I would blame bush for making this active, instead. This act was created in response to post 9/11. and people had their fears. Google is constantly harassed for things that are usually people's fault.

:D That is why they create the lucrative products...to get us to sell our souls...

Ok
so, don't use internet if you don't want trade with us companies

Don't do business with any American company.
And don't travel to the USA if you want to preserve your personal integrity.

And by the way - it isn't just US companies that have to comply with the US legal system. It is every company that has a significant local representation in the US. So also a Swedish, German, Swiss, Italian etc Service provider that hosts data exclusively in Europe is subject to the Patriot Act and will have to handover data if demanded by the US Government. It isn't wild-west though - it requires quite a lot of legal work on the US side. The amount of legal requests is laid open by the US and it is lower than most other countries and comparable to Germany for example.

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Which is why we should move away from cloud storage of sensitive data - the good news is, there are already projects working on making it easy to run your own mail, chat, social media, and other services from your own home - see the Debian FreedomBox project for example.

The problem is the USA PATRIOT ACT. Get rid of it by voting for proper people.

Yeah Right! And just who would you be voting for to do that. You vote for the Repubs and they screw you. You vote for the Demos and they let the Repubs screw you. Libertarians? Peace and Freedom? Independents? Commies? Who you gonna vote for that will not make empty promises to get your vote, then tell you to go eat 'cake' upon being elected? All the college kiddies around here was out cheering in the street upon hearing Osama Obama won the vote, saying he was going to wipe out the Patriot Act, bring in universal healthcare, etc. Need I say more?

Google is evil

Simply boycott american touch comapnies. ;)

It was said aliens do the anal probing while it where these intelligence services all along.
Internet itself became the treacherous one next to pc operating systems what next smartphones.

Apparently you can't do business with US companies. The US don't seem to care at all about anything but their own interests. They don't seem to realise there are other sovereign countries in this world. They wish to impose their ways on the entire world. Enough is enough.

I think these companies are making bad moves with complying. They would profit more from a better and more free market; i.e. Get the US government out of business and private banks out of the government.

Say the US govt asked Google to hand over some info and they stood up for themselves, well actually for us, and said no! Now suppose the US govt goes after them and the story gets out that Google was trying to protect your privacy and now they're being hassled. I think most people in the world would take more notice of whats going on and tell the govt to * off.

Radical change is needed

American technology is used to protect American interests globally - very compelling, isn't it ?

From now on, every google techie is not just a techie but a foreign spy. Give them 2 weeks to quit their jobs out of fairness and then open the season… lulsec, anonymous: time for Operation street view.

This is a criminal act. CEOs should be in jail and companies should be shut down.

The problem here is not Google, Microsoft or Amazon. The problem really is the "Patriot" act which is the most intrusive piece of legislature the US has ever adopted.

That is why the US faked 9/11 to create fear in Americans and use this fear to push the Patriot Act telling Americans it was for their own protection.

America needs to stop following politicians with their emotions that they will make everything better and start questioning their actions with logic and reasoning.

The problem here is not Google, Microsoft or Amazon. The problem really is the "Patriot" act which is the most intrusive piece of legislature the US has ever adopted.

That is why the US faked 9/11 to create fear in Americans and use this fear to push the Patriot Act telling Americans it was for their own protection.

America needs to stop following politicians with their emotions that they will make everything better and start questioning their actions with logic and reasoning.

And this is why the 'Patriot Act' needs to * die...

big * - means the u.s. plutocracy controls even europe...

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O heh so Bye bye google :P

never forget that big brother is watching you

“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”

Who the * * is US? And intelligence outside Europe? Never!

it's the internet. you are not safe. ever.

google is part of the world wide police state. they do evil, despite their slogan.