> google had ... requests
replyOfficial requests.
>Official requests.
replyobviously.
i dont have access to the number of gag-order requests, and if i did, i wouldnt be posting them on hn
Google's privacy ain't main/one of main selling point since we all know how things work in ad business.
replyIf apple was principally against sharing those things they wouldnt be joining the very organization made for that.
Plus any public statement from anybody, unless forced by court, shouldnt be taken as facts. We have no way of knowing if it was 25k cases or 25 million cases, and they have no reason to tell such non-public truth if its harmful to them.
my comment is primarily to give a sense of scale.
replyyou don't know whether "4,000 to 5,000 requests" is a lot or a little if you have no point of comparison.
i am not commenting on the conclusions, everyone should have the opportunity to draw those themselves.