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zhemao
on June 21, 2013
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NSA: we can warrantlessly grab your data and keep ...
Google stores an unencrypted copy on their servers, so the NSA would just get it from them. No need to store the encrypted copy for perpetuity.
lazyjones
on June 22, 2013
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Yes, but since the user encrypted it, he's suspicious and more likely to be snooped on, right? So by enforcing encryption, Google helped get the NSA an excuse to grab data (even the unencrypted copy) in more cases.
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