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How Google 'Reads' Your Mail and Repository of Files, Then Informs the Police

Note: we're not defending the accused (and charged, then convicted), we're only explaining how Google works

Google intercept
Ryan: "There's where it starts. Google logged the file upload time, IP address, and emails. They are using a file "fingerprinting" scanner."



Google address
Account zeroed in on.



DVD from Google
DVD of account prepared for the police. Ryan: "The detective is reading through the guy's emails. It includes many other things, including details of his sister, but this is interesting."



David Wong
Ryan: "He got a back and forth from a guy that Rick was in a sexual relationship with, skimmed over all their messages, and was able to note that they would frequently discuss young boys."



Jones confirming address
Ryan: "The detective is fishing based on what he found in the exchange between Rick and David through the emails that Google sent as part of the DVD contents."

Jones admits guilt
Ryan: "He gets Rick to admit the whole thing."

More on Wong
More on sending the illegal material. Ryan: "The Express Stop photos aren't of interest with the Google thing, because they found those in his house with the Windows computers and hard disks and CDs and stuff."

Jones zip file
Ryan: "They feed all of the images in and see what comes back as a hit for child pornography from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children."

44000 files
Ryan: "The additional material they found is catalogued and new material is submitted for inclusion into the database. The hashes are then shared with Google (and presumably others, like Microsoft OneDrive/Outlook, Apple iCloud) to train their detection systems, which is how Rick got himself reported in the first place."

Child porn contents
Ryan: "Since they caught Rick and found his trove of tens of thousands of child porn images/videos, they can now find anyone else who has a copy and has put them into a monitored cloud storage or email system."



Summary: In light of increasing government surveillance, e.g. on peaceful protesters planning to attend a lawful protest, it is essential to understand how Google (and others in the Clown Computing space) cooperate with law enforcement; this isn't a defence of this particular behaviour (the above is about a Bill Gates employee busted for pedophilia) but an effort at shedding light -- for better insight -- on the level of overlap between police and "GAFAM"

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