If you remove the scary factor, Google is great

[MonKENy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil

I do think they believe this overall

 

[rsutoratosu]

I couldn't care less about the data mining, Google Now more than makes up for it and I get a ton of other great services for free on top of it.

exactly, they know everything i search for.. including all the porn

 

[MonKENy]

they just released a new FBI request report

http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/userdatarequests/US/

 

[Red Squirrel]

Interesting, and scary, at the same time.

What does the country selection indicate, the country of the account, or the country whose authorities requested data? Ex: if RIAA/MPAA/FBI/etc asks for data from someone in another country, would it go under US, or under that other country?

This is a reason alone to not use cloud for general use though, if the government is after your data it will be given to them and you wont even know it. At least if your systems are all in house you would be the one that receive the letter and can act accordingly.

 

[Stone Rain]

Interesting, and scary, at the same time.

What does the country selection indicate, the country of the account, or the country whose authorities requested data? Ex: if RIAA/MPAA/FBI/etc asks for data from someone in another country, would it go under US, or under that other country?

This is a reason alone to not use cloud for general use though, if the government is after your data it will be given to them and you wont even know it. At least if your systems are all in house you would be the one that receive the letter and can act accordingly.

Yeah..but unless my data was *deleted* after being turned over to the authorities, I wouldn't care in the slightest who was reading my mail. If you store the illegal Brazilian goat porn in Google cloud services, you have problems.

Overall I agree with OP. I love Google's products, and I use the entire ecosystem nearly exclusively now. ^_^