Google joins forces with the NSA for his safety

Having publicly announced that it was the victim of cyber-attacks from China, Google wants to protect his property. For this reason, the California-based company is finalizing a partnership with the National Security Agency, a U.S. government agency, which analyzes different forms of communication (military, governmental, commercial and personal).

The National Security Agency (NSA) should assist Google in a better defense in the future. Some sources report to the Washington Post that the two sides should thus share data and indicate that the transaction does not involve ever personal information or their search history.


The balance between information privacy and the interests of national security is revealed in precarious balance. Major privacy advocates remain skeptical about this collaboration. The government agency, in fact, had been allowed to intercept telephone conversations and emails every day, after the attacks of 11 September 2001. “The real question is: as long as American consumers agree that Google shares information with the NSA?” Says Ellen McCarthy, chairman of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, a body responsible for controlling the transfer of information between private companies and government.

Recall that the intrusion of last month have corrupted the source code of Google applications, jeopardizing millions of Gmail account belonging to activists from China and Europe. Despite everything, however, the appeal launched by Google to the U.S. government show the genuineness of the situation but especially the vulnerable position in which is the largest Internet company in the world.