[kictanet] Google To Begin Alerting Users if Gmail Account is Targeted by Government

[George Nyabuga]

Listers,

This may be of interest, if you do not already know.

As privacy advocates celebrate the FBI’s decision to stop harassing Apple
over the San Bernardino shooter’s encrypted iPhone, other tech giants seem
to have finally noticed that what consumers want is privacy. But for
privacy to prevail, the government must stop snooping. With that idea in
mind, Google decided to change how the game is played.
In an official Google blog update detailing new security measures for
Gmail, the tech giant announced it would begin alerting consumers whenever
the firm detects an account is being targeted — or rather, hacked — by
government agencies or their proxies. While the company believes less than
0.1 percent of Gmail users will receive this type of warning, the idea
that a tech giant is going to these lengths to give users peace of mind
and privacy should give advocacy groups across the country reason to
continue celebrating.

More at:
http://theantimedia.org/google-to-begin-alerting-users-if-gmail-account-is-targeted-by-government/

https://security.googleblog.com/2016/03/more-encryption-more-notifications-more.html

Bes,

George


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