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		toyg on Aug 22, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK Government's Payment Infrastructure Is Now Open... The UK is in Five-Eyes and Google is a US intelligence partner - they would know even without analytics on the site, don't worry.

pjc50 on Aug 22, 2017 [–]

I would have thought the UK government would know who was visiting UK government web sites without having to ask GCHQ, but who knows.

toyg on Aug 22, 2017 | [–]

The point is that Google will know, as GCHQ let the Americans spy on UK networks and Google is close to American spooks.

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