I don't see how any of this applies to Google. Are you saying that dictators can steal my data from Google?
I'd think they'd have an easier time breaking into my house and stealing my computer. By a factor of maybe a thousand.
I'd think they'd have an easier time breaking into my house and stealing my computer. By a factor of maybe a thousand.
On a voluntary basis, we may provide user data in response to valid legal process from non-U.S. government agencies,
Just go to the Google transparency report, select Russia, Egypt, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and you'll get plenty of requests that Google has fulfilled.
The overall point is the following: Google might provide nice services for you as and individual, but there are larger-scale societal implications, which we should consider and weigh in as well.
Reinforcement of dictatorships? Uhhh.... I actually think Google is a force for good against dictatorships and would-be-autocrats such as the current US administration. That's just the impression I get.
Monopolies is a different issue, it really has nothing to do with privacy. I do care about that one, but it's completely separate and it is not a self-interest issue, but a society at large one. In that sense, I suppose I'm being asked to participate in a boycott.