Google, from what I've heard, likes to utilize CommonLisp for a lot of their development, if this is the case then it is entirely possible that the strength of the google programs has allowed them to see encrypted information, after all Lisp is a very large, powerful language that is very good at parsing data. This has led me to a question. What version of office are these encrypted documents being read from? If it's an older version, the encryption probably isn't AES, because M$ hadn't implemented it yet. Also if it is AES, then AES needs a different cypher because Google has apparently broken Rijndael and a better algorithm needs to be the standard.

More than likely, google hasn't broken AES, but rather has broken M$'s "encryption" which is likely not really encryption at all, but is some other algorithm (no idea which one) that simply resembles encryption.

I don't see why people are complaining about it, especially since THEY are the ones that downloaded the Google Desktop to begin with. They weren't forced to do so.