[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.”
Some folks are inclined to distrust Google, but there are people here who really, really care about security.