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<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18">David Drummond's,
Google's chief legal officer, clarification in the following CNN
article changed my opinion on using Google services. <span
class="illustration">Still and all, </span>Google seems to be a
private company which cares about its reputation and clients'
privacy. And it demonstrates a constructive position on the
situation.<br>
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<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18"><a
href="http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/30/us/nsa-google-yahoo/index.html">http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/30/us/nsa-google-yahoo/index.html</a><br>
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<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18">Google has "<i>long
been concerned about the possibility of this kind of snooping,
which is why we have continued to extend encryption across more
and more Google services and links</i>," said David Drummond,
Google's chief legal officer.</p>
<p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph19"><i>"We do not
provide any government, including the U.S. government, with
access to our systems. We are outraged at the lengths to which
the government seems to have gone to intercept data from our
private fiber networks, and it underscores the need for urgent
reform."</i></p>
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