[Buddha-l] If you have a gmail account, think again.

[JKirkpatrick]

If you have a gmail account, think again.
Buddhist content: right speech---------- Google makes a travesty
of the rule.

One way to avoid Google for search is ixquick: 
http://ixquick.com/eng/?&cat=web&query=&r=483

They do not keep one's browsing data beyond 24 hours, so they say
(whoever they are).

Joanna

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-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony D. Romero, ACLU
[mailto:Executive_Director at aclu.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 3:20 PM


Speak out to stop this dangerous partnership before it's
finalized.
Tell Google CEO Eric Schmidt that you don't want the NSA anywhere
close to your personal information.
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=KVLUi-Ue4kr0xCIjlPaE9A..
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Dear ACLU Supporter,

Google and the NSA. It is hard to imagine a more potent -- or
frightening -- combination when it comes to the collection and
safety of Americans' private information.

But just such an alliance is underway. As reported by the
Washington Post, Google -- the world's largest search engine
company with access to intimate details of our lives -- is
negotiating an information security agreement with the National
Security Agency
(NSA) -- the world's largest spying network.

The implications of this deal are very troubling.  The NSA -- a
component of the Department of Defense -- is an intelligence
collection agency with few effective checks against abuse and no
public oversight of its activities. In the last decade, the NSA's
vast dragnet of suspicionless surveillance has targeted everyday
Americans, in violation of the law and the Constitution.

The deal would reportedly allow the NSA to assist Google in
securing its data from attack after hackers attempted to access
some of its accounts, including those of human rights activists.
Google has an obligation to protect its subscribers' personal
accounts, but it can -- and must -- do this without turning to a
military surveillance agency for help.

If Google can't adequately protect its customers' personal
information, it is obligated to notify them so these consumers
can make informed choices about what information they provide, or
the company must minimize the risk by reducing the amount and
type of information it collects and retains about its customers.

We don't want the NSA anywhere near all the sensitive information
Google has about our lives.

Cybersecurity for the American people should not be handed over
to a military spy agency that has a history of secretly
exploiting vulnerabilities, not fixing them. And what assurances
do we have that a spy organization like the NSA wouldn't tap into
our personal data and use it for other purposes?

Giving a spy agency access to our sensitive data is like asking
the fox to guard the henhouse.

Google needs to know that you do not want this deal to go
through.
Send a message to CEO Eric Schmidt that Google shouldn't expose
its security vulnerabilities to a military spy organization like
the NSA.

Please act today before this dangerous collaboration goes a
single step further.

Sincerely,

Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director
American Civil Liberties Union

P.S. The NSA is part of the military, and its primary mission is
spying. It collects the equivalent of the contents of the Library
of Congress every six to eight hours, every single day. Imagine
if the NSA finds a way to access your Google searches and emails,
too?  Tell Google not to enter a deal with the NSA.
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=21q9QdPE8HkGZbbzDi7aIQ..





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