It will be a true test of Google's commitment to privacy when they find themselves in a position where they cannot legally notify their users concerning government surveillance. On 31/03/2016 11:40, kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke wrote:

Message: 3 Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:31:32 +0300 From: "George Nyabuga" <gnyabuga@uonbi.ac.ke> To: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: [kictanet] Google To Begin Alerting Users if Gmail Account is Targeted by Government Message-ID: <5c502c9faabcd78860b910cb885cac9c.squirrel@mail.uonbi.ac.ke> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1

Listers,

This may be of interest, if you do not already know.

As privacy advocates celebrate the FBI?s decision to stop harassing Apple over the San Bernardino shooter?s encrypted iPhone, other tech giants seem to have finally noticed that what consumers want is privacy. But for privacy to prevail, the government must stop snooping. With that idea in mind, Google decided to change how the game is played. In an official Google blog update detailing new security measures for Gmail, the tech giant announced it would begin alerting consumers whenever the firm detects an account is being targeted ? or rather, hacked ? by government agencies or their proxies. While the company believes less than 0.1 percent of Gmail users will receive this type of warning, the idea that a tech giant is going to these lengths to give users peace of mind and privacy should give advocacy groups across the country reason to continue celebrating.

More at: http://theantimedia.org/google-to-begin-alerting-users-if-gmail-account-is-t...

https://security.googleblog.com/2016/03/more-encryption-more-notifications-m...