An editor of a technical publication asked Heather Adkins, Google’s (boo, hiss) Manager of Information Security whether “she thinks of the NSA as a state-sponsored threat in the same way as China and Russia. She confirmed, yes, she considers the US’ National Security Agency in that way.”

Whoa! And this from a Googler with ten years of indoctrination-sorry, employment under her belt!

But then she dashed that magnificent conclusion by explaining that “it’s good to worry about [the NSA] because if they can attack, other organizations can attack too. … ‘A technique the NSA can use can easily be used by a Mexican cartel against our users,’ she said. ‘All of these actors have these tools available to them.’”

A net score of zero for freedom.

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