You asked why the downvotes. Not sure about others, but I downvoted you because you're asking people to open their eyes to the truth while repeating things that are easily verifiable as not true.
This:
> The (then) CEO of Google Inc. loudly declared the (constitutional) legalese that the users of his company's product have "no reasonable expectation of privacy".
never happened. You're conflating different events.
One is presumably Eric Schmidt warning users that Google is subject to the Patriot Act.
The other was a defense (I assume from one of their lawyers and well after Eric Schmidt stepped down from being CEO) that when people email a gmail account, they don't have reason to believe that gmail won't process their email.
From your conclusions: first, the lawsuit was in the context of non-gmail users, not the gmail account holders themselves, so doesn't apply to "users of his company's product". Second, the judge rejected that line of argument anyways. Finally, you're taking a limited defense (they were arguing within the confines of the Wiretap Act) and somehow spinning that off into a general loss of constitutional rights that doesn't follow.
> One is presumably Eric Schmidt warning users that Google is subject to the Patriot Act.
His intent is opaque and irrelevant.
What is relevant is that it is, and has been for a few years at this point, a matter of public record and declaration that you do not have "a reasonable expectation of privacy" when using certain internet services.
That's fine; I was just responding to your assertion that it was the "(then) CEO of Google Inc" saying things.
> What is relevant is that it is, and has been for a few years at this point, a matter of public record and declaration that you do not have "a reasonable expectation of privacy" when using certain internet services.
You just skipped every single one of my points. You're taking a limited claim and turning it into histrionics. Your expectations of privacy do not work that way. Please re-read my comment above.
This:
> The (then) CEO of Google Inc. loudly declared the (constitutional) legalese that the users of his company's product have "no reasonable expectation of privacy".
never happened. You're conflating different events.
One is presumably Eric Schmidt warning users that Google is subject to the Patriot Act.
The other was a defense (I assume from one of their lawyers and well after Eric Schmidt stepped down from being CEO) that when people email a gmail account, they don't have reason to believe that gmail won't process their email.
From your conclusions: first, the lawsuit was in the context of non-gmail users, not the gmail account holders themselves, so doesn't apply to "users of his company's product". Second, the judge rejected that line of argument anyways. Finally, you're taking a limited defense (they were arguing within the confines of the Wiretap Act) and somehow spinning that off into a general loss of constitutional rights that doesn't follow.