The USA Patriot Act is one of the worst things that ever happened to the technology business as it allows the US Government to spy the whole world. You probably heard about it when former US President, George W. Bush, “launched” it as a response to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. If you didn’t know, the USA Patriot Act allows the US Government to force US-based companies to hand over their data from all over the world.
This means that data stored by Google in Europe can be handed over to the US Government despite the rules of the European Commission. And guess what? That’s exactly what happened as Google confirmed that it has received a request from the US Government and it complied. Sadly, Google sent the cloud data stored in Europe which consisted of details about search queries and about users to the US Government. Well, that’s wrong in so many ways that I don’t even know where to begin.
Yesterday we reported that Anonymous has begun the Operation Facebook as the hackers’ group is looking to kill the world’s largest social networking service on November 5th. The reason why the Anonymous group wants to destroy Facebook is because the company is being used by the US Government to spy on its users and because the firm shares the data with the US Government. Well, if there were any skeptics, then their doubts should be gone now as Google officially recognized this matter.
The problem is that Google violated the laws of the European Union who guarantees the protection of the users’ data, and if the search giant “gave” it, then it’s a serious crime against freedom. Microsoft also confirmed that it might be forced by the US Government to share its data from cloud servers located in Europe, but they didn’t receive a request until now. Another company which offers cloud-based services in Europe is Amazon, but it is unknown whether the “great” Government of the USA has requested the company to hand over its data about users.
So the US Government is inventing laws to allow them to spy on users. Clever guys… What’s more – the very same USA Patriot Act states that the companies must remain quiet when the US Government makes a request for the data or face serious charges. I don’t know what’s worse: the spying or the fact that the Government wants to keep everything a secret and look like it’s actually helping the people?
The European Union hasn’t started an official investigation, but it should do it very soon. We thought that the alleged war against terrorism should have stopped by now, but it’s very fun to spy on people. Let’s just wait for that inquiry to begin which, hopefully, will end very soon with the obvious result: the protection of the users and their anonymity.
This means that data stored by Google in Europe can be handed over to the US Government despite the rules of the European Commission. And guess what? That’s exactly what happened as Google confirmed that it has received a request from the US Government and it complied. Sadly, Google sent the cloud data stored in Europe which consisted of details about search queries and about users to the US Government. Well, that’s wrong in so many ways that I don’t even know where to begin.
Yesterday we reported that Anonymous has begun the Operation Facebook as the hackers’ group is looking to kill the world’s largest social networking service on November 5th. The reason why the Anonymous group wants to destroy Facebook is because the company is being used by the US Government to spy on its users and because the firm shares the data with the US Government. Well, if there were any skeptics, then their doubts should be gone now as Google officially recognized this matter.
The problem is that Google violated the laws of the European Union who guarantees the protection of the users’ data, and if the search giant “gave” it, then it’s a serious crime against freedom. Microsoft also confirmed that it might be forced by the US Government to share its data from cloud servers located in Europe, but they didn’t receive a request until now. Another company which offers cloud-based services in Europe is Amazon, but it is unknown whether the “great” Government of the USA has requested the company to hand over its data about users.
So the US Government is inventing laws to allow them to spy on users. Clever guys… What’s more – the very same USA Patriot Act states that the companies must remain quiet when the US Government makes a request for the data or face serious charges. I don’t know what’s worse: the spying or the fact that the Government wants to keep everything a secret and look like it’s actually helping the people?
The European Union hasn’t started an official investigation, but it should do it very soon. We thought that the alleged war against terrorism should have stopped by now, but it’s very fun to spy on people. Let’s just wait for that inquiry to begin which, hopefully, will end very soon with the obvious result: the protection of the users and their anonymity.
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