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- rudy23, on 03/31/2008, -2/+34I dont see why this matters. the government uses IBM laptops. o that makes IBM evil. what about the carpeting dude. he is evil too. this is just retarded.
If google can provide some services to help them better organize their data more power to them. - Heikell, on 03/31/2008, -1/+24it's to help its agents share information read the article please. It does not say anything about google giving out Privacy Act information which I'm sure most of you don't even know what it is.
Right now Google is helping us better share information too, in web searches. Read the damn article before you talk *****. - Gryffydd, on 03/31/2008, -1/+18This was on Slashdot this morning and from what I read there this isn't so much Google being evil and helping with spying as it is them selling their search appliances to whomever, including government agencies.
- Asmodeus04, on 03/31/2008, -0/+15Yeah, I don't think anyone is actually reading the article.
It's much easier to blame anyone in power or with money instead of reading...they're selling them technology to use INTERNALLY, not through Google's search engine.
Spazzy diggers FTW. - gethelaw, on 03/31/2008, -3/+18huh?
- tfirma2000, on 03/31/2008, -0/+13Why does this take your trust in google down? Google's not divulging any information, they're just supplying software. By your logic, any companies that provide goods and services to the government should not be trusted. Did you use a bic pen today? How about a computer? Have you ever drunk bottled water? (I think the folks at CIA drink bottled water too). Or maybe you didn't read the article?
- principle, on 03/31/2008, -1/+14I believe that this is the third attempt at implementing an intelligence sharing system. However, if this system works (unlike its predecessors), the intelligence community will not use it because they don’t want to share information and there is nothing Google can do about that.
- forgiste, on 03/31/2008, -1/+10NO, China blocks internet access in China. Google had to cooperate with their demands to keep people from using Google as a way around the federal firewall.
- Wargalas, on 03/31/2008, -0/+9So, Google is selling technology to the CIA and this is news how? Read the ***** article, it says nothing about Google sharing sensitive information about people, just how they search and classify information.
- CrankyHippo, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8Don't get to upset, he probably just read that title and doesn't actually get it. On the other hand he could just be a moron
- raublekick, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8That article title sure isn't alarmist or misleading...
- TheSabre, on 03/31/2008, -0/+7I don't see the big deal. I work for one of the mentioned intelligence agencies and we use the Google Appliance, which is available commercially to anyone that wants to use Google search technology in their internal environment. And we have a support contract with Google as any customer would. We also use Dell PCs. No one ENLISTED Google or Dell's help for spy work, we just purchased equipment like anyone else can.
- inactive, on 03/31/2008, -8/+13How is this evil, moron?
- IronDonut, on 03/31/2008, -1/+5So the government is using the Google search appliances? That doesn't seem like such a big deal.
- forgiste, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4I'd be happy if they shared this info. Google is a useful tool for creating transparency in government and society.
- Dunge, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4Or I might have read the article too fast before posting *****
- DreKor, on 03/31/2008, -1/+5http://www.googlestore.com/appliance/category.asp Really, anybody can buy The Google. They sell a bunch of turn-key apps and services. The whole "guilt by association" thing is pretty stupid.
- theplaz, on 03/31/2008, -1/+5This is like "CIA enlists Blackberries for Spy work". Do your really think the CIA would create their own search technology? It would be expensive and not work as well. Plus many businesses use Google's search appliances
- mal1964, on 03/31/2008, -3/+6GIA
- fuzzmeister, on 03/31/2008, -0/+3Care to back that up with some facts, or would that ruin your delusional fun?
- jschrab, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4I totally agree with you - few are actually reading the article.
If there is one take-away from 9/11 is that our intelligence agencies need to communicate better amongst themselves. We really didn't need a pile of new laws and a new department - just more intra-agency information sharing. This sounds like a serious step in the right direction. Intellipedia sounds like it could be an awesome tool. - dinostabOMG, on 03/31/2008, -0/+3You sure like to make yourself popular around these threads.
- elliott9, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2why not?
- salwud64, on 03/31/2008, -15/+17I am surprised that the CIA or Google would want this information public. This definitely takes my trust of Google down a few notches.
- Wargalas, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2They're too busy blaming Bush for everything.
- CrazedLeper, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3You don't know the 10th of it.
- Wonderama, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3I guess for some people helping the US government in any way is an act of Evil. Even those idiots for whom these acts may benefit. On the chance ProjectGSX3 is not a US citizen, he may get a Get Out of Idiot Jail Free pass on this one.
- sirbeta, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3I find it comical how little people seem to understand what exactly is happening or look at the sensationalist headline and make a dumb remark. This isn't "evil" in the slightest sense. Google supplied them with merchandise.
- MoneyShot, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3IBM doesn't make laptops anymore. They sold their ThinkPad line to Lenovo, which is a Chinese company. Because of their Chinese roots, Lenovo products are prohibited by various federal agencies from being used where the user might be handling data sensitive to national security.
- CrazedLeper, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3There are no terrorists. It is a pretext for world domination. Everyone the gov't wants to kill henceforth will now be known as "Al Qaeda". You're all being taken for a ride. I promise you will not like the destination when you get there.
- fuzzmeister, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2You're being "that guy".
- Asmodeus04, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2No kidding. I don't think half of Digg's reader actually read the article.
- inactive, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2No...I do. I am just not a little bitch who makes up scenarios and htne says "Based on my make believe world, this will be used for evil purposes.
- tfirma2000, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1If this is a rickroll i'm gonna be so ricked!
- inactive, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2
Here is an example of people losing their civil liberties:
"The Dutch prosecutor’s office is preparing to take legal action against the maker of an ‘anti-Koran’ film in an attempt to ease tensions over the film’s release, the Dutch foreign minister said on Monday…
Although moderate Islamic groups have said the film is “nothing new” and have made appeals for Muslims to “react calmly and within the law,” the prospect of a backlash in the Islamic world remains a distinct possibility."
See folks when a govt does something like the above to not offend any group and take away freedom of speech...this is scary. Unfortuanetly this might happen here.......because of cowards on the left! - CrazedLeper, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1oh, yeah. I suppose it is. It was intended as kind of an extension of the thought of helping the US Gov't.
- inactive, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2what?
- mrdoyle, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1wasn't expecting a clerks reference
- millsworks, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2Sharing intelligence + CIA = not that much to share.
I'm not worried about it being "evil". I think the more these various neo-con military/industry semi-governmental outfits actually engage in true information sharing the more they'll figure out just how dumb-ass dirt stupid they've been all these years.
Either that or they'll accidentally get us all blown to hell.
Oh well. - doshomik, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Why Google is using Microsoft's ASP rather then free PHP ? :S
- mal1964, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2BURY ME!
- nerk01, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2People really need to learn to read the articles.
All this really says is the same thing as "CIA uses Microsoft products to do their Spy Work". Google sells search appliances that provide google like search for a company's internal data. That's all this is! - laelfrog, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1rolled rick been have you
- phazon88, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1***** Google.
- gyronic, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1Hopefully the CIA can track down teh snukes with GOOGs help!
- mal1964, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1Cool now I change the title, Its really Yahoo not Google.
- elliott9, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1what?
- Wonderama, on 04/01/2008, -0/+0Thanks for the non-sequitur.
- kingUssop, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2Asinine move. People trust Google with information. People DON'T trust the government since it abuses information (see: Iraq War) rather than handles it intelligently. Google shouldn't associate with them.
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