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		jonknee on June 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmail security warnings for suspected state-sponso... The US doesn't need to attack, they can just use their legal backdoor.

grandalf on June 5, 2012 [–]

Wouldn't that count as an attack vector?

jonknee on June 5, 2012 | [–]

Not as far as Google is concerned, you can't do anything to secure your account when the "attack" is utilizing Google's built-in snooping feature.

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