Everyone: call on Google not to make a deal with the NSA: 
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=3DTXS9fqBu5Q0JEcYvZoJvlQ
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=3DTXS9fqBu5Q0JEcYvZoJvlQ
We can't trust the US government to use the information it collects only for good purposes, and neither can we take for granted Google will do so. So it is important not to give Google so much information. To prevent this, (1) don't identify yourself when you use Google services (other than mail, if you use that), and (2) contact Google the servers from computers that aren't specifically yours.
It is also important to use Noscript to block the non-free Javascript programs that Google services try to install into your browser. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html
It is also important to use Noscript to block the non-free Javascript programs that Google services try to install into your browser.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html
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13.02.2010 22:40
Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks
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.
See also the discussion about the "corporate espionage attack" from China on the nettime list:
Chris
F**k google!
14.02.2010 08:54
Why not use other search engines that aren't run by monstrous corporations?
There is even one that is private and secure:
As activists, I just feel we should be moving away from things like google, GMail, and things like that, which are only tools of the state and will only end up biting us all on the ass. Especially when we have riseup for e-mail, and if you can't manage to get an account there then get hushmail. If you want encryption, Hushmail sorts it out for you can get GPG open source online for free anyway. And then there's Trucrypt for the full disk encryption...
I still agree though, that google should certainly not be getting involved in this!
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Sure but...
14.02.2010 09:56
You use SSL Scroogle for your Google searches:
And you have the plugin installed:
But still you just need one friend or family member or activist you work with to have a Gmail account and *your* email ends up in Google internal, searchable by the spooks, database... Then you have someone send you a link to a Google map and you find that with noscript installed,
It's virtually impossible not to have some of your net movements and content not end up in Google's database these days :-|
Chris
track me not
14.02.2010 19:05
provides google continuously with random searches, so any real searches you make are disguised. also cocks up the quality of their commercial analysis. if everyone used it they'd be stuffed.
google schmoogle
I wouldn't recommend Hushmail
17.02.2010 15:27
Basically, if you don't have physical control over your PGP key at all times, you can't trust it.
Hushmail relies on them keeping a copy of your secret key and "promising" never to reveal it. Unless they get a court order, or who knows what else? Big enough bribe? Being blackmailed?
PGP=Pretty Good Privacy, an encryption standard commonly used with email:
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