Google and NSA Teaming Up 125
i_frame writes "The Washington Post reports that 'Under an agreement that is still being finalized, the National Security Agency would help Google analyze a major corporate espionage attack that the firm said originated in China and targeted its computer networks, according to cybersecurity experts familiar with the matter. The objective is to better defend Google — and its users — from future attack.'"
Re:Conversation between Google and NSA (Score:4, Insightful)
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Re:Conversation between Google and NSA (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:IDK... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:IDK... (Score:4, Insightful)
Google probably knows more than NSA when it comes to things like search, but when it comes to breaking into a computer that doesn't belong to you, you're not going to find anyone much more knowledgeable than the NSA.
Re:Conversation between Google and NSA (Score:5, Insightful)
Anonymous Coward Trolls (Score:4, Insightful)
Funny how this topic breeds anonymous coward trolls, and isn't it strangely coincidental that they're all of the same meme. Google is evil. US Government is a bad guy. China is a victim.
I'm sure it's only a coincidence.
Re:No evil (Score:3, Insightful)
The motto isn't "don't do evil", it's "don't BE evil". Not a human alive has lived without doing evil, although some of us try very hard to not do evil.
why NSA hate? (Score:2, Insightful)
The NSA are experts in systems security. We use their hardening guidelines to secure our servers. They really contribute good stuff to Linux security. They really do want to keep US systems secure. I don't think anyone has ever seen them doing something truly shady, like injecting backdoors into popular software. As far as I can tell, they break codes in one department, and help secure systems in another department. These are the good guys (unlike the FBI, who are media-whoring, civil-rights-abusing porno-police).
Re:Anonymous Coward Trolls (Score:3, Insightful)
The NSA and Google are in the same business: information.
They may have different motivations and methods, but at their core they are both organizations that collect huge amounts of information and use that information as a means to an end.
Google's "don't be evil" is a tacit acknowledgment of the power information wields, and seeing them team up with a disreputable organization like the NSA makes the parallels between the two very obvious, generating a flurry of AC comments to capitalize on the memetic opportunity.
Re:why NSA hate? (Score:3, Insightful)
Some people may think that it is not a big deal, but really it is. First, it means (IMHO) that they think they can do anything they want. Based on the lack of political and legal fallout, apparently they are right. So, they have carte blanche to do whatever they want in terms of wiretapping, email reading, decrypting, etc. and there is nothing you can do about it. Second, even if they say they don't do X any more, you have no reason to believe that they do not do X any more.
Yes, SELinux is great, thanks, we do appreciate it, but the betrayal of the laws of the US and the lack of control on this organization overwhelms it.
Re:why NSA hate? (Score:2, Insightful)
These are the good guys
Sure. As long as your definition of "Good Guys" includes domestic warrantless wiretapping.