This lawsuit was filed after NSA was found with its hand in the cookie jar. I think devindotcom means, why were these tech companies not fighting this years ago. I guess you cannot fault Eric Schmidt, because he has been dropping lines like these [1] for years.

  We know where you are. We know where you’ve been.
  We can more or less know what you’re thinking about

  Just remember when you post something, the computers
  remember forever

[1] http://www.stateofsearch.com/top-15-of-eric-schmidts-remarka...

> the first hit on google for "google nsa lawsuit"

[emphasis mine]

...and for you!

[filter bubble anyone?!]

Are you implying that he's living in a google bubble? I just searched with multiple search engines, with different browsers, and even with different IPs and they all returned a link to the same effect. Different sources (prweb on most), but still the same story.

my first link on bing: http://www.prweb.com/releases/class-action-lawsuit/google-ns...

Wow, almost all of the results of 'google nsa lawsuit' on bing are negative against google.

http://www.bing.com/search?q=google+nsa+lawsuit

1) Maryland Attorney Mike Slocumb Comments on Google Privacy Class Action Lawsuit and NSA Surveillance Case (negative)

2) Google surveillance far surpasses the NSA, author says - CBS News (negative)

3) EPIC files FOIA request over reported Google, NSA partnership ... (negative)

4) ACLU sues Obama administration over NSA surveillance (neutral - not even really about Google, just prism)

5) Lawsuit Could Find Out If Google Working For NSA? For a long… (negative)

6) Conservative activist files lawsuit over NSA surveillance | PCWorld (neutral)

7) Maryland Attorney Mike Slocumb Comments on Google Privacy… (negative)

8) Lawsuit filed over NSA phone spying program - Computerworld (neutral - not even really about Google, just prism)

And almost none of the results of 'google nsa lawsuit' on google are negative about google: http://www.google.com/search?q=google+nsa+lawsuit

Everything is a filter bubble.

Move along and keep on shopping. Nothing to see here.

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