Google encrypts data amid backlash against NSA spying
A salient bit:<p><pre><code>  [Eric] Grosse echoed comments from other Google officials, saying that the company
  resists government surveillance and has never weakened its encryption systems to
  make snooping easier — as some companies reportedly have, according to the Snowden
  documents detailed by the Times and the Guardian on Thursday.

  “This is a just a point of personal honor,” Grosse said. “It will not happen here.”
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Some folks are inclined to distrust Google, but there are people here who really, really care about security.