Google, NSA to team up in cyberattack probe

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Source: reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet search firm Google is finalizing a deal that would let the National Security Agency help it investigate a corporate espionage attack that may have originated in China, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
The aim of the investigation is to better defend Google, the world's largest Internet search company, and its users from future attacks, the Post said, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the arrangement.
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Under the arrangement, the NSA would not be viewing user searches or e-mail accounts, the Washington Post said. Google also would not be sharing proprietary data with the NSA, the newspaper's sources said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6130M120100204

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hm.

[HBravo]

1. Send me a dollar if you think

that this will not be used and abused.

:rofl:

[IDemo]

2. Google's motto over the years

When they were founded: "Don't do evil"

Later on: "Ain't misbehavin'"

Now: "B-b-b-bad to the bone"

[boppers]

3. Why bother making this public?

If google wants to secure it's systems, much of that information is public... maybe they're looking for specific expertise that they currently lack in house.

*dusts off the resume*